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Jeremiah 29:27

So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Shemaiah;   Zephaniah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Anathoth;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shemaiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Anathoth;   Shemaiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Canon of the Old Testament;   Jehoiachin;   Jehoiada;   Kings, the Books of;   Shemaiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Shemaiah;   Zephaniah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Shemaiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Anathoth ;   Shemaiah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jeho-I'ada;   Shemai'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Anathoth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who has been acting like a prophet among you?
Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Yirmeyahu of `Anatot, who makes himself a prophet to you,
King James Version
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
English Standard Version
Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who is prophesying to you?
New American Standard Bible
"So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who prophesies to you,
New Century Version
Now Jeremiah from Anathoth is acting like a prophet. So why haven't you arrested him?
Amplified Bible
now therefore [continued the letter from Shemaiah in Babylon to Zephaniah in Jerusalem], why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesies to you?
World English Bible
Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe therefore why hast not thou reproued Ieremiah of Anathoth, which prophecieth vnto you?
Legacy Standard Bible
so now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who prophesies to you?
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah from the town of Anathoth is pretending to be a prophet there in Jerusalem, so why haven't you punished him?
Complete Jewish Bible
So why haven't you rebuked Yirmeyahu of ‘Anatot, who makes himself out to be a prophet for you?
Darby Translation
And now, why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you?
Easy-to-Read Version
Now Jeremiah is acting like a prophet. So why didn't you arrest him?
George Lamsa Translation
Now, therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesies to you?
Good News Translation
Why haven't you done this to Jeremiah of Anathoth, who has been speaking as a prophet to the people?
Lexham English Bible
and so then why have you not rebuked Jeremiah the Anathothite who exhibits the behavior of a prophet for you?
Literal Translation
And now why have you not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesies to you?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
How happeneth it then, that thou hast not reproued Ieremy of Anathot, which neuer leaueth of his prophecienge.
American Standard Version
Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,
Bible in Basic English
So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore why hast thou not reproued Ieremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himselfe a Prophet to you?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howe happeneth it then that thou hast not reproued Hieremie of Anathoth, which neuer leaueth of his propheciyng.
English Revised Version
Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And now whi blamest thou not Jeremye of Anathot, that profesieth to you?
Update Bible Version
Now therefore, why haven't you rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you?
New English Translation
You should have reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth who is pretending to be a prophet among you!
New King James Version
Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who makes himself a prophet to you?
New Living Translation
So why have you done nothing to stop Jeremiah from Anathoth, who pretends to be a prophet among you?
New Life Bible
So why have you not spoken sharp words to Jeremiah of Anathoth who is speaking to you in God's name?
New Revised Standard
So now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who plays the prophet for you?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, why, hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is prophesying unto you?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And now why hast thou not rebuked Jeremias the Anathothite, who prophesieth to you?
Revised Standard Version
Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of An'athoth who is prophesying to you?
Young's Literal Translation
And now, why hast thou not pushed against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is making himself a prophet to you?
THE MESSAGE
"So why haven't you done anything about muzzling Jeremiah of Anathoth, who's going around posing as a prophet? He's gone so far as to write to us in Babylon, ‘It's going to be a long exile, so build houses and make yourselves at home. Plant gardens and prepare Babylonian recipes.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
now then, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who prophesies to you?

Contextual Overview

24You are to say to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, 25"This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying: 26'The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet-you must put him in stocks and neck irons. 27So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?28For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: The exile will be long. So build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.'" 29And Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet. 30Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 31"Send a message to all the exiles: This is what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and made you trust in a lie, 32this is what the LORD says: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

therefore: 2 Chronicles 25:16, Amos 7:12, Amos 7:13, John 11:47-53, Acts 4:17-21, Acts 5:28, Acts 5:40

which: Jeremiah 29:26, Jeremiah 43:2, Jeremiah 43:3, Numbers 16:3, Matthew 27:63, 2 Timothy 3:8

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 18:10 - and he prophesied 1 Kings 22:24 - Which way 2 Chronicles 18:23 - Which way Isaiah 30:10 - say Amos 7:10 - the priest Luke 20:10 - beat Acts 26:12 - with

Cross-References

Genesis 29:2
He looked and saw a well in the field, and there by it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
Genesis 29:3
When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
Genesis 29:10
As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother's brother Laban, with Laban's sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle's sheep.
Genesis 29:12
He told Rachel that he was Rebekah's son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
Leviticus 18:18
You must not take your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
Judges 14:10
Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.
Judges 14:12
"Let me tell you a riddle," Samson said to them. "If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
Malachi 2:15
Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. Therefore guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,.... Not by words only, but by actions; by beating and scourging, by pillory or imprisonment, and so restraining him from prophesying to the people:

which maketh himself a prophet unto you? takes upon him such an office, though not sent of the Lord, as he would insinuate: this shows the haughtiness and insolence of the false prophets in Babylon, to assume such authority to themselves, to dictate to the high priest, as Kimchi takes him to be, or however the second priest, what he should do, and to rebuke him for not doing his office.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A narrative showing the effects of Jeremiah’s letter. Shemaiah the leader of the false prophets wrote to Zephaniah, urging him to restrain the prophet’s zeal with the prison and the stocks.

Jeremiah 29:24

To Shemaiah - Rather, concerning.

The Nehelamite - Not as in the margin; but one belonging to the village of Nehlam (unknown).

Jeremiah 29:26

Officers - Deputy high priests who had the oversight of the temple.

Mad - See 2 Kings 9:11 note. Many of the symbolic actions of the prophets, such as that of Jeremiah going about with a yoke on his neck, would be mocked at by the irreverent as passing the line between prophecy and madness.

Prisons - Rather, the stocks Jeremiah 20:2.

The stocks - Rather, collar.

Jeremiah 29:28

This captivity is long - Rather, It is long. God’s anger, their punishment, the exile, the time necessary for their repentance - all is long to men who will never live to see their country again.


 
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