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Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah 29:27

Jeremiah from the town of Anathoth is pretending to be a prophet there in Jerusalem, so why haven't you punished him?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Shemaiah;   Zephaniah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Anathoth;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shemaiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Anathoth;   Shemaiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Canon of the Old Testament;   Jehoiachin;   Jehoiada;   Kings, the Books of;   Shemaiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Shemaiah;   Zephaniah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Shemaiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Anathoth ;   Shemaiah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jeho-I'ada;   Shemai'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Anathoth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who has been acting like a prophet among you?
Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Yirmeyahu of `Anatot, who makes himself a prophet to you,
King James Version
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
English Standard Version
Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who is prophesying to you?
New American Standard Bible
"So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who prophesies to you,
New Century Version
Now Jeremiah from Anathoth is acting like a prophet. So why haven't you arrested him?
Amplified Bible
now therefore [continued the letter from Shemaiah in Babylon to Zephaniah in Jerusalem], why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesies to you?
World English Bible
Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe therefore why hast not thou reproued Ieremiah of Anathoth, which prophecieth vnto you?
Legacy Standard Bible
so now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who prophesies to you?
Berean Standard Bible
So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?
Complete Jewish Bible
So why haven't you rebuked Yirmeyahu of ‘Anatot, who makes himself out to be a prophet for you?
Darby Translation
And now, why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you?
Easy-to-Read Version
Now Jeremiah is acting like a prophet. So why didn't you arrest him?
George Lamsa Translation
Now, therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesies to you?
Good News Translation
Why haven't you done this to Jeremiah of Anathoth, who has been speaking as a prophet to the people?
Lexham English Bible
and so then why have you not rebuked Jeremiah the Anathothite who exhibits the behavior of a prophet for you?
Literal Translation
And now why have you not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesies to you?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
How happeneth it then, that thou hast not reproued Ieremy of Anathot, which neuer leaueth of his prophecienge.
American Standard Version
Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,
Bible in Basic English
So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore why hast thou not reproued Ieremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himselfe a Prophet to you?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howe happeneth it then that thou hast not reproued Hieremie of Anathoth, which neuer leaueth of his propheciyng.
English Revised Version
Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And now whi blamest thou not Jeremye of Anathot, that profesieth to you?
Update Bible Version
Now therefore, why haven't you rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you?
New English Translation
You should have reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth who is pretending to be a prophet among you!
New King James Version
Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who makes himself a prophet to you?
New Living Translation
So why have you done nothing to stop Jeremiah from Anathoth, who pretends to be a prophet among you?
New Life Bible
So why have you not spoken sharp words to Jeremiah of Anathoth who is speaking to you in God's name?
New Revised Standard
So now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who plays the prophet for you?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, why, hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is prophesying unto you?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And now why hast thou not rebuked Jeremias the Anathothite, who prophesieth to you?
Revised Standard Version
Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of An'athoth who is prophesying to you?
Young's Literal Translation
And now, why hast thou not pushed against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is making himself a prophet to you?
THE MESSAGE
"So why haven't you done anything about muzzling Jeremiah of Anathoth, who's going around posing as a prophet? He's gone so far as to write to us in Babylon, ‘It's going to be a long exile, so build houses and make yourselves at home. Plant gardens and prepare Babylonian recipes.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
now then, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who prophesies to you?

Contextual Overview

24The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, told me what would happen to Shemaiah, who was one of our people in Babylonia. After my letter reached Babylonia, Shemaiah wrote letters to the people of Jerusalem, including the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and the other priests. The letter to Zephaniah said: 26 After the death of Jehoiada the priest, the Lord chose you to be the priest in charge of the temple security force. You know that anyone who acts crazy and pretends to be a prophet should be arrested and put in chains and iron collars. 27 Jeremiah from the town of Anathoth is pretending to be a prophet there in Jerusalem, so why haven't you punished him? 28 He even wrote a letter to the people here in Babylonia, saying we would be here a long time. He told us to build homes and to plant gardens and grow our own food. 29 When Zephaniah received Shemaiah's letter, he read it to me. 30 Then the Lord told me what to write in a second letter 31 to the people of Judah who had been taken to Babylonia. In this letter, I wrote that the Lord had said: I, the Lord , have not chosen Shemaiah to be one of my prophets, and he has misled you by telling lies in my name. 32 He has even talked you into disobeying me. So I will punish Shemaiah. He and his descendants won't live to see the good things I will do for my people. I, the Lord , have spoken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

therefore: 2 Chronicles 25:16, Amos 7:12, Amos 7:13, John 11:47-53, Acts 4:17-21, Acts 5:28, Acts 5:40

which: Jeremiah 29:26, Jeremiah 43:2, Jeremiah 43:3, Numbers 16:3, Matthew 27:63, 2 Timothy 3:8

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 18:10 - and he prophesied 1 Kings 22:24 - Which way 2 Chronicles 18:23 - Which way Isaiah 30:10 - say Amos 7:10 - the priest Luke 20:10 - beat Acts 26:12 - with

Cross-References

Genesis 29:2
he looked out in a field and saw a well where shepherds took their sheep for water. Three flocks of sheep were lying around the well, which was covered with a large rock.
Genesis 29:3
Shepherds would roll the rock away when all their sheep had gathered there. Then after the sheep had been watered, the shepherds would roll the rock back over the mouth of the well.
Genesis 29:10
When Jacob saw her and his uncle's sheep, he rolled the rock away and watered the sheep.
Genesis 29:12
He told her that he was the son of her aunt Rebekah, and she ran and told her father about him.
Leviticus 18:18
As long as your wife is alive, don't cause trouble for her by taking one of her sisters as a second wife.
Judges 14:10
While Samson's father went to make the final arrangements with the bride and her family, Samson threw a big party, as grooms usually did.
Judges 14:12
Samson told the thirty young men, "This party will last for seven days. Let's make a bet: I'll tell you a riddle, and if you can tell me the right answer before the party is over, I'll give each one of you a shirt and a full change of clothing.
Malachi 2:15
Didn't God create you to become like one person with your wife? And why did he do this? It was so you would have children, and then lead them to become God's people. Don't ever be unfaithful to your wife.
1 Timothy 6:10
The love of money causes all kinds of trouble. Some people want money so much that they have given up their faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,.... Not by words only, but by actions; by beating and scourging, by pillory or imprisonment, and so restraining him from prophesying to the people:

which maketh himself a prophet unto you? takes upon him such an office, though not sent of the Lord, as he would insinuate: this shows the haughtiness and insolence of the false prophets in Babylon, to assume such authority to themselves, to dictate to the high priest, as Kimchi takes him to be, or however the second priest, what he should do, and to rebuke him for not doing his office.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 29:24

To Shemaiah - Rather, concerning.

The Nehelamite - Not as in the margin; but one belonging to the village of Nehlam (unknown).

Jeremiah 29:26

Officers - Deputy high priests who had the oversight of the temple.

Mad - See 2 Kings 9:11 note. Many of the symbolic actions of the prophets, such as that of Jeremiah going about with a yoke on his neck, would be mocked at by the irreverent as passing the line between prophecy and madness.

Prisons - Rather, the stocks Jeremiah 20:2.

The stocks - Rather, collar.

Jeremiah 29:28

This captivity is long - Rather, It is long. God’s anger, their punishment, the exile, the time necessary for their repentance - all is long to men who will never live to see their country again.


 
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