Jeremiah 29:26

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Summary

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.

Officers

For every

And maketh

That thou

Bible References

Officers

Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and chief official in the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

Then Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Take her out between the ranks, and put to death by the sword anyone who follows her,” for the priest had said, “She is not to be put to death in the Lord’s temple.”

Now as they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the temple police, and the Sadducees confronted them,

As the commander of the temple police and the chief priests heard these things, they were baffled about them, as to what could come of this.

For every

When Jehu came out to his master’s servants, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this crazy person come to you?”

Then he said to them, “You know the sort and their ranting.”

The days of punishment have come;
the days of retribution have come.
Let Israel recognize it!
The prophet is a fool,
and the inspired man is insane,
because of the magnitude
of your guilt and hostility.

When His family heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, “He’s out of His mind.”

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?”

In all the synagogues I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them. I even pursued them to foreign cities since I was greatly enraged at them.

For if we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we have a sound mind, it is for you.

And maketh

So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who has been acting like a prophet among you?

“If a prophet or someone who has dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,

If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him: You cannot remain alive because you have spoken falsely in the name of Yahweh. When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.

When He entered the temple complex, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”

Are You greater than our father Abraham who died? Even the prophets died. Who do You pretend to be?”

“We aren’t stoning You for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because You—being a man—make Yourself God.”

That thou

Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and chief official in the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time.

and say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this guy in prison and feed him only bread and water until I come back safely.’”

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.

Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

so I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.

Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.