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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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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A narrative showing the effects of Jeremiah’s letter. Shemaiah the leader of the false prophets wrote to Zephaniah, urging him to restrain the prop…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Here Jeremiah prophesies concerning a third person, who had written a letter to the priests and to the whole people against Jeremiah himself, and h…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Now therefore why have you not reproved Jeremiah of
Anathoth
Not by words only, but b…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Jeremiah foretells judgments upon the false prophets, who deceived the Jews in Babylon. Lying was bad; lying to the people of the Lord, to delude t…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Here, the prophet speaks out against an attacker of the truth. This attacker, a false prophet who promised the people that liberation was near, was…

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