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For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Your prophets and your diviners - The evils from which the people had suffered so cruelly at home followed them in their exile.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Let not your prophets and your diviners ... —These words are significant, showing that the same agencies counteracting th…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

As the minds of almost all were preoccupied, as we have seen, with that vain and false confidence they had absorbed from false prophecies—that they…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel (See Gill on Jeremiah 29:4); let not your prophet…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Let people beware how they call those prophets whom they choose according to their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to b…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. Here, he refutes the false consolations of the prophets who were consoling the captives in Babylonia.

  1. He refutes their false…

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