So why have you done nothing to stop Jeremiah from Anathoth, who pretends to be a prophet among you?
Parallel translations
- WEB Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
- KJV Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
- BSB So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?
- NKJV Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who makes himself a prophet to you?
- NASB So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who prophesies to you,
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Quick answer
Shemaiah demanded to know why Zephaniah had not rebuked Jeremiah for prophesying. He pressed for active suppression of the true prophet.
Overview
Shemaiah's accusing question assumes Jeremiah is a self-appointed pretender deserving rebuke. It pressures the priest to take official action against him. The verse shows how opposition to God's word often cloaks itself in religious zeal for order.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Num 16:3They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above Yahweh’s assembly?”
- Jer 29:26“Yahweh has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in Yahweh’s house, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
- Jer 1:1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
- Jer 43:2–3then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely. Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, ‘You shall not go into Egypt to live there;’
- 2 Chr 25:16As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.”
- Amos 7:12–13Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
- Acts 4:17–21But so that this spreads no further among the people, let’s threaten them, that from now on they don’t speak to anyone in this name.”
- Acts 5:40They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- Acts 5:28saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”
- 2 Tim 3:8Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith, are rejected.
- Matt 27:63saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- John 11:47–53The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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