Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 29:27
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
27. maketh himself a prophet ] plays the part of a prophet, acts excitedly, like the dervishes of the present day. Cp. 1Sa 10:10; 1Sa 10:12 f., 1Sa 18:10, 1Sa 19:20 ff.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
He means it of an active, real reproof, as appears by what went before; he would have had Jeremiah imprisoned, or put to that punishment which they called the stocks, the nature of which we cannot determine, concluding him to be but a madman, and one who was not made a prophet by any immediate mission from God, but had only made himself a prophet.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
27. of Anathothsaidcontemptuously, as “Jesus of Nazareth.”
maketh himselfas ifGod had not made him one, but he himself had done so.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,…. Not by words only, but by actions; by beating and scourging, by pillory or imprisonment, and so restraining him from prophesying to the people:
which maketh himself a prophet unto you? takes upon him such an office, though not sent of the Lord, as he would insinuate: this shows the haughtiness and insolence of the false prophets in Babylon, to assume such authority to themselves, to dictate to the high priest, as Kimchi takes him to be, or however the second priest, what he should do, and to rebuke him for not doing his office.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
27. Jeremiah of Anathoth This sounds almost like an anticipatory echo of “Jesus of Nazareth.” It sounds as if spoken contemptuously.
Maketh himself a prophet In this sentence is concentrated all pharisaic bitterness. He is a sacrilegious pretender, called by himself and not by God.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 29:27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
Ver. 27. Now, therefore, why hast thou not reproved? ] Or, Restrained Jeremiah? Alas! what had the righteous prophet done? He taxed their sin, he foretold their captivity; he desired it not, he inflicted it not, yet he must smart, and they are guilty. Zephaniah also is here blamed for his lenity, as bloody Bonner once was by the rest of the Popish bishops, who made him their slaughter slave.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
therefore: 2Ch 25:16, Amo 7:12, Amo 7:13, Joh 11:47-53, Act 4:17-21, Act 5:28, Act 5:40
which: Jer 29:26, Jer 43:2, Jer 43:3, Num 16:3, Mat 27:63, 2Ti 3:8
Reciprocal: 1Sa 18:10 – and he prophesied 1Ki 22:24 – Which way 2Ch 18:23 – Which way Isa 30:10 – say Amo 7:10 – the priest Luk 20:10 – beat Act 26:12 – with
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 29:27. Shemaiah did not like the message that Jeremiah had sent to the Jews in Babylon, and he complained to Zephaniah because he did not criticize the prophet.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Shemaiah also reproved Zephaniah for not rebuking Jeremiah, because Jeremiah had written the exiles encouraging them to settle down in Babylon (Jer 29:4-7).
This pericope does not record what the Lord said would happen to Shemaiah as punishment for what he did; Jer 29:25 has no apodosis. We must assume that divine judgment would come on him. The main reason for this pericope is to expose the wicked advice Shemaiah was giving, not to explain the judgment he would receive. The next pericope tells what would happen to Shemaiah.