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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 29:26 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 29:26 |
Strong Concordance |
The LORD [03068] hath made [05414] thee priest [03548] in the stead of Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548], that ye should be officers [06496] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], for every man [0376] that is mad [07696], and maketh himself a prophet [05012], that thou shouldest put [05414] him in prison [04115], and in the stocks [06729]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
thee . . . in the stead of Jehoiada--Zephaniah's promotion as second priest, owing to Jehoiada's being then in exile, was unexpected. Shemaiah thus accuses him of ingratitude towards God, who had so highly exalted him before his regular time.
ye should be officers . . . for every man--Ye should, as bearing rule in the temple (see on Jer 20:1), apprehend every false prophet like Jeremiah.
mad--Inspired prophets were often so called by the ungodly (Kg2 9:11; Act 26:24; Act 2:13, Act 2:15, Act 2:17-18). Jeremiah is in this a type of Christ, against whom the same charge was brought (Joh 10:20).
prison--rather, "the stocks" (see on Jer 20:2).
stocks--from a root, "to confine"; hence rather, "a narrow dungeon." According to Deu 17:8-9, the priest was judge in such cases, but had no right to put into the stocks; this right he had assumed to himself in the troubled state of the times. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| 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 or frantick make themselves prophets. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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 the influence, the one of God, the other of a demon. See Kg2 9:11; Hos 9:7. |
8 If there arise a matter [01697] too hard [06381] for thee in judgment [04941], between blood [01818] and blood [01818], between plea [01779] and plea [01779], and between stroke [05061] and stroke [05061], being matters [01697] of controversy [07379] within thy gates [08179]: then shalt thou arise [06965], and get thee up [05927] into the place [04725] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall choose [0977];
9 And thou shalt come [0935] unto the priests [03548] the Levites [03881], and unto the judge [08199] that shall be in those days [03117], and enquire [01875]; and they shall shew [05046] thee the sentence [01697] of judgment [04941]:
2 Then Pashur [06583] smote [05221] Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030], and put [05414] him in the stocks [04115] that were in the high [05945] gate [08179] of Benjamin [01144], which was by the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
20 And [1161] many [4183] of [1537] them [846] said [3004], He hath [2192] a devil [1140], and [2532] is mad [3105]; why [5101] hear ye [191] him [846]?
17 And [2532] it shall come to pass [2071] in [1722] the last [2078] days [2250], saith [3004] God [2316], I will pour out [1632] of [575] my [3450] Spirit [4151] upon [1909] all [3956] flesh [4561]: and [2532] your [5216] sons [5207] and [2532] your [5216] daughters [2364] shall prophesy [4395], and [2532] your [5216] young men [3495] shall see [3700] visions [3706], and [2532] your [5216] old men [4245] shall dream [1798] dreams [1797]:
18 And [2532] [1065] on [1909] my [3450] servants [1401] and [2532] on [1909] my [3450] handmaidens [1399] I will pour out [1632] in [1722] those [1565] days [2250] of [575] my [3450] Spirit [4151]; and [2532] they shall prophesy [4395]:
15 For [1063] these [3778] are [3184] not [3756] drunken [3184], as [5613] ye [5210] suppose [5274], seeing [1063] it is [2076] but the third [5154] hour [5610] of the day [2250].
13 [1161] Others [2087] mocking [5512] said [3004], [3754] These men are [1526] full [3325] of new wine [1098].
24 And [1161] as he [846] thus [5023] spake for himself [626], Festus [5347] said [5346] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], Paul [3972], thou art beside thyself [3105]; much [4183] learning [1121] doth make [4062] thee [4571] mad [1519] [3130].
11 Then Jehu [03058] came forth [03318] to the servants [05650] of his lord [0113]: and one said [0559] unto him, Is all well [07965]? wherefore came [0935] this mad [07696] fellow to thee? And he said [0559] unto them, Ye know [03045] the man [0376], and his communication [07879].
1 Now Pashur [06583] the son [01121] of Immer [0564] the priest [03548], who was also chief [06496] governor [05057] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], heard [08085] that Jeremiah [03414] prophesied [05012] these things [01697].
7 The days [03117] of visitation [06486] are come [0935], the days [03117] of recompence [07966] are come [0935]; Israel [03478] shall know [03045] it: the prophet [05030] is a fool [0191], the spiritual [07307] man [0376] is mad [07696], for the multitude [07230] of thine iniquity [05771], and the great [07227] hatred [04895].
11 Then Jehu [03058] came forth [03318] to the servants [05650] of his lord [0113]: and one said [0559] unto him, Is all well [07965]? wherefore came [0935] this mad [07696] fellow to thee? And he said [0559] unto them, Ye know [03045] the man [0376], and his communication [07879].