Jeremiah 29:26

The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֞ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
made	נְתָנְךָ֣ ne.ta.ne.Kha	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
priest	כֹהֵ֗ן kho.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Jehoiada	יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע ye.ho.ya.Da'	H3077	Jehojada · proper noun, a man's name
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֔ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
officers	פְּקִדִים֙ pe.ki.Dim	H6496	a superintendent (civil · noun, common masculine plural absolute
house	בֵּ֣ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
man	אִ֥ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
mad	מְשֻׁגָּ֖ע me.shu.Ga'	H7696	to rave through insanity · verb, pual passive participle, masculine singular absolute
prophet	וּמִתְנַבֵּ֑א u.mit.na.Be'	H5012	to prophesy · conjunction + verb, hithpael active participle, masculine singular absolute
put	וְנָתַתָּ֥ה ve.na.ta.Tah	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
prison	הַמַּהְפֶּ֖כֶת ha.mah.Pe.khet	H4115	a wrench · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
stocks	הַצִּינֹֽק ha.tzi.Nok	H6729	the pillory · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Jeremiah 20:1-2 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
2 Kings 9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said un…
Hosea 9:7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for…
John 10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
Acts 26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
Deuteronomy 13:1-5 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
Mark 3:21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
Acts 16:24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:24–end

We have perused the contents of Jeremiah's letter to the captives in Babylon, who had reason, with a great deal of thanks to God and him, to acknowledge the receipt of it, and lay it up among their treasures. But we cannot wonder if the false prophets they had among them were enraged at it; for it gave them their true character. Now here we are told concerning one of them, I. How he manifested his malice against Jeremiah. this busy fellow is called Shemaiah the Nehelamite, the dreamer (so the margin reads it), because all his prophecies he pretended to have received from God in a dream. He had got a copy of Jeremiah's letter to the captives, or had heard it read, or information was given to…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 29:26

thee . . . in the stead of Jehoiada--Zephaniah's promotion as second priest, owing to Jehoiada's being then in exile, was unexpected. Shemaiah thus accuses him of ingratitude towards God, who had so highly exalted him before his regular time. ye should be officers . . . for every man--Ye should, as bearing rule in the temple (see on Jer 20:1), apprehend every false prophet like Jeremiah. mad--Inspired prophets were often so called by the ungodly (Kg2 9:11; Act 26:24; Act 2:13, Act 2:15, Act 2:17-18). Jeremiah is in this a type of Christ, against whom the same charge was brought (Joh 10:20). prison--rather, "the stocks" (see on Jer 20:2). stocks--from a root, "to confine"; hence rathe…

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John Gill on Jeremiah 29:26

The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest,.... The same with Seraiah, who might have more names than one, and Jehoiada be one of them, who either was removed, or carried captive; and this Zephaniah, his sagan of deputy, succeeded him. Some think he refers to the famous Jehoiada in the times of Joash, a great reformer; and that this man was another such an one for his zeal, or at least ought to be, which he would have him exert against Jeremiah; but the former seems most probable: that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord; or "visitors", or "overseers" (i) there; that is, Zephaniah, and the rest of the priests; or that he should see to it, that there were p…

Dictionary and topics

Jehoiada — Jehovah-known. (1.) The father of Benaiah, who was one of David’s chief warriors (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23). (2.) The high priest at the time of Athaliah’s usurpation of the throne of Judah. He married…
Shemaiah — Whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). (2.) Neh. 3:29. (3.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (4.) A priest (Neh. 12:42). (5.) A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16). (6.) 1 Chr.…
Stocks — (An instrument of punishment, consisting of two beams, the upper one being movable, with two small openings between them, large enough for the ankles of the prisoner.—ED.) The term “stocks” is…
Trance — (Gr. ekstasis, from which the word “ecstasy” is derived) denotes the state of one who is “out of himself.” Such were the trances of Peter and Paul, Acts 10:10; 11:5; 22:17, ecstasies, “a…
Zephaniah — Jehovah has concealed, or Jehovah of darkness. (1.) The son of Cushi, and great-grandson of Hezekiah, and the ninth in the order of the minor prophets. He prophesied in the days of Josiah, king of…
Church · HOUSE OF THE LOR — HOUSE OF THE LOR
Jehoiada · 6. A priest mentioned in — 6. A priest mentioned in
Prisoners · In stocks — In stocks
Prisons · Persons confined in: Often fastened in stocks — Persons confined in: Often fastened in stocks
Zephaniah · .Shows — .Shows

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 29:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:24–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 29:26

John Gill on Jeremiah 29:26

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 29:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:24–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 29:26

John Gill on Jeremiah 29:26

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 29:24-27

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 29:24–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 29:24-32

Rashi on Jeremiah 29:26