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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 29:26

The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada... — The priest so named had apparently been deposed, as not favouring the stringent policy of the party of revolt. As Sagan, it was probably his special duty to maintain order in the Temple, and punish pretenders to the gift of prophecy, and the letter reproaches him for his lukewarm timidity in discharging that duty. In the word “mad,” as in 2 Kings 9:11; Hosea 9:7, we have the habitual term of scorn applied to such pretenders. On the punishment of the stocks, see Note on Jeremiah 20:2. The word translated “prison” is probably another form of punishment like that of the stocks.

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See also Jeremiah 29:26 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 29:26. _FOR EVERY MAN_ THAT IS _MAD, AND MAKETH HIMSELF A_ _PROPHET_] _Mad_, משגע meshugga, in ecstatic rapture; such as appeared in the prophets, whether _true_ or _false_, when under...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A narrative showing the effects of Jeremiah’s letter. Shemaiah the leader of the false prophets wrote to Zephaniah, urging him to restrain the prophet’s zeal with the prison and the stocks. Jeremiah...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 29. THE FUTURE OF THE EXILES IN BABYLON (_c_. 595). Jeremiah sends a letter by royal messengers to tell the exiles in Babylon to settle down there for a lengthy stay, and not to be deceived b...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MAD. Compare John 2:20; John 10:20; John 10:39. See App-85. MAKETH HIMSELF. PROPHET. Compare Matthew 21:11. Joh 8:53. See App-85....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Shemaiah the Nehelamite rebuked and threatened. On the arrival at Babylon of Jeremiah's letter, which ends with Jeremiah 29:23, there is much indignation on the part of the false prophets, and one of...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This and the two following verses give us the words of Shemaiah's letter to Zephaniah, as quoted in Jeremiah's reply. _thee_ Zephaniah. _in the stead of Jehoiada_ See on Jeremiah 20:1. The title "off...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE LORD HATH MADE THEE PRIEST— Shemaiah directs the words of his letter to Zephaniah, as being סגן _segan,_ or next in order to the high priest; and tells him that God had appointed him to supply the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. A Letter from Babylon Jeremiah 29:24-29 TRANSLATION (24) And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall say, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have sent in your name le...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, A second communication which Jeremiah sent to Babylon after the messengers who carried his first letter had brought a letter from the...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    29:26 shackles. (a-40) A pillory, or neck-irons....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IN PRISON, AND IN THE STOCKS] RV 'in the stocks and in shackles.'...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְהוָ֞ה נְתָנְךָ֣ כֹהֵ֗ן תַּ֚חַת יְהֹויָדָ֣ע הַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER X CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EXILES Jeremiah 29:1 "Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire."- Jeremiah 29:22 NOTHING further is said about the pr...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    As a result of this false prophesying, Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles. It is evident that they also were disturbed. The letter instructed them, first, concerning their present position, advising...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of (o) 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 should...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Joiada, whose zeal had been conspicuous long before, under Joas, in persuading him to destroy the false prophets, 4 Kings xi. 17. Sophonias is exhorted to imitate him, by treating Jeremias in like ma...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I cannot help admiring the gracious providence of God over the Church, in that the events which took place in one age, so exactly corresponds to what takes place in another: as if to prove to God's fa...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here follows the subject of the letter, _Jehovah hath made thee a priest, etc_. Here the impostor Shemaiah accuses the high-priest of ingratitude, because he had been chosen in the place of another. F...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    On the other hand the prophet comforts those who, by the judgment of God, were subjected to the yoke which He had imposed upon them. The Jews in Babylon should dwell in peace, quietly seeking the welf...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 capti...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thus shalt thou speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite_ Or, _the dreamer_, as the word הנחלמי, is rendered in the margin: see Jeremiah 29:8. The termination, however, rather shows it to be a word expressin...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada, the priest, who was then in exile in Babylon, THAT YE SHOULD BE OFFICERS IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, men charged with keeping order throughout th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Doom of Shemaiah Foretold Jeremiah's letter to the men in exile had evidently caused a great stir among the false prophets in Babylon, who had predicted a speedy termination of the exile. Accordi...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    20-32 Jeremiah foretells judgments upon the false prophets, who deceived the Jews in Babylon. Lying was bad; lying to the people of the Lord, to delude them into a false hope, was worse; but pretendi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    PRIEST, that is, high priest, as some have thought; but it appears from 2 KINGS 25:18, that Seraiah was at this time the high priest, and this Zephaniah was the second priest, as he is there styled, a...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 29:26 LORD H3068 made H5414 (H8804) priest H3548 Jehoiada H3077 priest H3548 officers H6496 house H1004

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    POSTSCRIPT CONCERNING THE REQUEST FROM SHEMAIAH THE PROPHET IN BABYLON CALLING FOR JEREMIAH TO BE SEVERELY DISCIPLINED AS A FALSE PROPHET BECAUSE OF HIS DECLARATIONS THAT DELIVERANCE WOULD BE DELAYED,...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH'S LETTER TO THE EXILES (JEREMIAH 29:1). Correspondence by letter was a constant feature of those days, and indicates that the world was not static (compare the prophetic letters from Shemaiah...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Message to the Jews of the first captivity. Action against false prophets. Destruction foretold. CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah, Elasah, Gemariah, Ahab, Zedekiah, Shemaiah,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 29:10. _After seventy years._ See Jeremiah 26:1. Zechariah fixes the captivity at the same number of years, and he flourished sometime after Jeremiah's death. No doubt the captivity was exact...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—This letter and its transmission are usually dated the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign (because of chap. Jeremiah 28:1), but Jeremiah 29:2...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION Despised and rejected at home, Jeremiah turned his thoughts to those distant brethren in captivity, whom he had already likened to "good figs, very good" (Jeremiah 24:3, Jeremiah 24:5). He...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now Jeremiah sent this letter, chapter 29, to those Jews that were in Babylon. And, of course, this letter was sent to them and one of the chief of the princes that was in Babylon was Daniel. So Danie...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 16:10; 2 Chronicles 18:26; 2 Corinthians 11:33; 2 Corinthians 5:13;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Priest — Zephaniah was the second priest. In the stead — In the stead signifies, that thou shouldest be like the good high priest Jehoiada. Mad — That thou mightest take care of persons, who being mad...

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