John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:8
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... See Gill on Jeremiah 29:4 ; let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you ; their false prophets, as the Targum; and there were many such in the captivity; see Ezekiel 13:2 ; and such who pretended to divine and foretell future things, and so impose upon the people, who were too apt to believe them; these insinuated, that in a little time they should have their liberty, and return to their... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 29:8-14
To make the people quiet and easy in their captivity, I. God takes them off from building upon the false foundation which their pretended prophets laid, Jer. 29:8, 9. They told them that their captivity should be short, and therefore that they must not think of taking root in Babylon, but be upon the wing to go back: ?Now herein they deceive you,? says God; ?they prophesy a lie to you, though they prophesy in my name. But let them not deceive you, suffer not yourselves to be deluded by them.?... read more