Jeremiah 29:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Now Pashhur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.

But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the army, and said unto them, Take her forth outside with the ranks: and he that follows her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

And as they spoke unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they were perplexed of what might come of this.

For every

Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? And he said unto them, You know the man, and his communication.

The days of punishment have come, the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, because of the multitude of your iniquity, and the great hatred.

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

And many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad; why hear you him?

And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.

For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be in our right mind, it is for your cause.

And maketh

Now therefore why have you not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you?

If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,

And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, You shall not live; for you speak lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesies.

And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you these things? and who gave you this authority?

Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom make you yourself?

The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone you not; but for blasphemy; and because that you, being a man, make yourself God.

That thou

Now Pashhur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sank in the mire.

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

And say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with little bread and with little water, until I return in peace.

And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

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

Fear none of those things which you will suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life.