Jeremiah - 29:27



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

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Explanation and meaning of Jeremiah 29:27.

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Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
And now why hast thou not rebuked Jeremias the Anathothite, who prophesieth to you?
And now, why hast thou not pushed against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is making himself a prophet to you?
So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?
And now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesies to you?
Et tu quare non increpuisti Jeremiam Anathotitem, qui prophetat vobis?

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

of Anathoth--said contemptuously, as "Jesus of Nazareth."
maketh himself--as if God had not made him one, but he himself had done so.

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