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And now,וְעַתָּהwhyלָמָּהhave you notלֹאrebukedגָעַרְתָּJeremiahבְּיִרְמְיָהוּof Anathoth,הָעֲנְּתֹתִיwho makes himself a prophetהַמִּתְנַבֵּאto you?לָכֶם
Jeremiah 29:27
Study it in the app“And now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 29:27, word by word
- rebukedגָעַרְתָּgaarta
rebuke
Rebuke, scold sternly.
Where else “gaarta” appears- Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּyirmyahu
Jeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appears- of Anathothעֲנְּתֹתִיantoti
Anathothite
Anathothite: a native of Anathoth, a town of priests in Benjamin, near Jerusalem. Abiezer, one of David's mighty men, and the prophet Jeremiah came from there.
Where else “antoti” appears- who makes himself a prophetמִּתְנַבֵּאmitnabe
pose as prophet
To speak as God's message what God has not said.
Where else “mitnabe” appears
The context
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.
27 · This verse (above)
28For that is why he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, “It will be long; build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit.”’”