Jeremiah 29:9
in Jeremiah 29For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
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ASV
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith Jehovah.
KJV
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord.
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This verse in Jeremiah 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verse(Verse 8, 9) For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you, nor give heed to your dreams which you dream. For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the Lord. The prophet Ezekiel testifies that there were prophets, or rather false prophets, and diviners and dreamers in Babylon, among those whom Nebuchadnezzar had brought with Jehoiachin and his mother, as he writes against them, to whom Jeremiah also commands not to believe (Ezekiel 13).
This site's exposition
For this is what the LORD
on Jeremiah 29:8-9
The warning against false prophets goes with the exiles to Babylon, the danger named at home in chapter 27. The LORD says, “do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them,” naming dreams drawn out on demand. His verdict on those prophets is plain: “I have not sent them.”
This site's exposition
falsely prophesying to you in My name
Using the Lord's name proved nothing. Jerome notes from Ezekiel 13 that false prophets, diviners and dreamers had gone to Babylon in the company of Jeconiah. Adam Clarke reads the dreams of verse 8 as the work of a class of dreamers who offered to explain the dreams of others.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name,....
Note, Though the deliverance of the church do not come in our time, it is sufficient that it will come in God's time, and we are sure that that is the best time. The promise is that God will visit them in mercy; though he had long seemed to be strange to them, he will come among them, and appear for them, and put honour upon them, as great men do upon their inferiors by coming to visit them.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בְשֶׁ֔קֶר | vesheker | with falsehood | H8267 → | 113 times |
| הֵ֛ם | hem | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| נִבְּאִ֥ים | nibeim | [are] prophesying | H5012 → | 115 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| בִּשְׁמִ֑י | bishmi | in name my | H8034 → | 864 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שְׁלַחְתִּ֖ים | shelachtim | I sent them | H7971 → | 845 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
בְשֶׁ֔קֶרwith falsehood
veshekerH8267 →113 times
הֵ֛םthey
hemH1992 →553 times
נִבְּאִ֥ים[are] prophesying
nibeimH5012 →115 times
לָכֶ֖םto <the> you
lakhem
בִּשְׁמִ֑יin name my
bishmiH8034 →864 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
שְׁלַחְתִּ֖יםI sent them
shelachtimH7971 →845 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 29:23For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He…
it leads to
- Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
- Jeremiah 23:14
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness.…
- Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
- Proverbs 5:21
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
- Jeremiah 29:21
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver…
- Malachi 3:5
Through
Jeremiah 27:15For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 27:10
For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
- Jeremiah 27:10
Through
Jeremiah 29:31“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
it leads to
- Jeremiah 14:14–15
“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination,…
- Ezekiel 13:8–16
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
- Jeremiah 14:14–15
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.