Jeremiah 29:26
‘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.
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.
“The Lord has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the Lord’s house, for every man who is crazy and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of Jehovah, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in shackles.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- officers
- Jeremiah 20:1, 2; 2 Kings 11:15, 18; Acts 4:1; Acts 5:24
- for every
- 2 Kings 9:11; Hosea 9:7; Mark 3:21; John 10:20; Acts 26:11, 24; 2 Corinthians 5:13–15
- and maketh
- Jeremiah 29:27; Deuteronomy 13:1–5; Zechariah 13:3–6; Matthew 21:23; John 8:53; John 10:33
- that thou
- Jeremiah 20:1, 2; Jeremiah 38:6, 28; 2 Chronicles 16:10; 2 Chronicles 18:26; Acts 5:18; Acts 16:24; 2 Corinthians 11:33; Revelation 2:10