Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Jeremiah 29:27
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So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?
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Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
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Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
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Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,
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Jeremiah 29
25 this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
26 ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.
27 So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?
28 For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”
29 (Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)
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