27Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
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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.
Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: …
But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. …
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-32)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…
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