Jeremiah 29:26

“‘YHWH has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, so that there may be overseers in the house of YHWH for every man who is mad and makes himself a prophet, that you may put him in the stocks and in the collar.”

Jeremiah 29:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 29:26, word by word

‘YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
has made youנְתָנְnetan

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

Where else “netan” appears
priestכֹהֵןchohen

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

Where else “chohen” appears
Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעyehoyada

Jehoiada

Jehoiada: the name of several men; among them the father of Benaiah (2 Samuel 8:18) and the priest who protected King Joash (2 Kings 11). It means "YHWH knows."

Where else “yehoyada” appears
so that there may beהְיוֹתheot

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “heot” appears
overseersפְּקִדִיםpekidim

overseer

Overseer, officer in charge.

Where else “pekidim” appears
in the houseבֵּיתbet

temple

The temple: "the house of YHWH".

Where else “bet” appears
manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
who is madמְשֻׁגָּעmeshuga

be mad

Be mad, have lost one's mind.

Where else “meshuga” appears
and makes himself a prophetמִתְנַבֵּאmitnabe

pose as prophet

To speak as God's message what God has not said.

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in the stocksמַּהְפֶּכֶתmahpechet

stocks

Stocks: a wooden device that held a prisoner by the feet, hands or neck in a forced position. "The house of the stocks" is the prison.

Where else “mahpechet” appears
and in the collarצִּינֹקtsinok

collar

A collar or stocks for the neck, in which a prisoner was held.

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The context

25“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel, saying: Because you have sent in your name letters to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

26 · This verse (above)

27And now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you?

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