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

When the priest Pashhur, Immer's son, who was the officer in charge of the LORD's Temple heard Jeremiah prophesying these words,

Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains in charge of the army, "Take her out the back way and execute anybody who follows her," since the priest had also issued this order: "Let's not put her to death in the LORD's Temple."

While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the Temple guards, and the Sadducees came to them.

When the commander of the Temple guards and the high priests heard these words, they were utterly at a loss as to what could have happened to them.

For every

As Jehu was coming out to his master's attendants, one of them asked him, "Is everything all right? Why did this maniac visit you?" "You know the man and how he speculates," Jehu replied.

The time for your judgment has now come; payday is here and Israel knows it. The prophet is a fool, and the spiritual man is insane. Because of your great sin, the hatred against you is great.

When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!"

Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why bother listening to him?"

I would even punish them frequently in every synagogue and try to make them blaspheme. Raging furiously against them, I would hunt them down even in distant cities.

So if we were crazy, it was for God; if we are sane, it is for you.

And maketh

And now, why didn't you rebuke Jeremiah from Anathoth who prophesies to you?

"A prophet or a diviner of dreams may arise among you, give you an omen or a miracle

It will also come about that if any man would dare to prophesy, then his father and his mother who bore him will respond to him, "You will not live, because you are speaking lies in the name of the LORD.' Then his father and mother who bore him will stab him for prophesying.

Then Jesus went into the Temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

You aren't greater than our father Abraham, who died, are you? The prophets also died. Who are you making yourself out to be?"

The Jewish leaders answered him, "We are not going to stone you for a good action, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God!"

That thou

When the priest Pashhur, Immer's son, who was the officer in charge of the LORD's Temple heard Jeremiah prophesying these words,

So they threw Jeremiah into a cistern that belonged to the king's son Malchijah and was located in the courtyard of the guard. When they let Jeremiah down with ropes, because there was no water in the cistern only mud Jeremiah sank into the mud.

In response, Asa flew into a rage and locked up the seer in stocks in the palace prison because of what Hanani had told him. Asa also tortured some of the people of Israel at that time.

Give him this order: "Place him in prison on survival rations only until I come back safely.'"

arrested the apostles, and put them in the city jail.

Having received these orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in leg irons.

but I was let down in a basket through an opening in the wall and escaped from him.

Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The Devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.