Jeremiah 29:8-9 NIV

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:9

For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name ,.... They pretended to have the authority of God for what they said; that their prophecies and dreams were from him, and as such they delivered them in his name; though they were false ones; that they might be the better received by the people: I have not sent them, saith the Lord ; they had no mission or commission from the Lord, no warrant or authority from him; they set up themselves; and ran without being sent; and prophesied out of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:8

Neither hearken to your dreams - Rather, dreamers; for it appears there was a class of such persons, who not only had acquired a facility of dreaming themselves, but who undertook to interpret the dreams of others. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:8

Verse 8 As the minds of almost all were taken up, as we have seen, with that vain and false confidence which they had imbibed from false prophecies, that they should return after two years, the Prophet gives this answer, and reminds them to beware of such impostures. And thus we see that it is not sufficient for one simply to teach what is right, except he also restores from error those who have been already deceived or are in danger of being deceived. For to assert the truth is only one-half... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:9

Verse 9 He confirms what he had said by this reason, that they ran without being called, according to what we found in Jeremiah 23:21. He then repudiates these false prophets, for they spoke not from the mouth of God. But the difference was rendered very obscure and indistinct, when they pompously alleged the name of God and professed that they brought forward nothing but what they had learnt from him; yet as we have elsewhere said, no one can be deceived except willingly and knowingly; for God... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-14

Duties and consolations of God's captivity. I. THEIR DUTIES The imposition of definite lines of conduct and policy upon the exiled, was one proof that they were not cast off; the promise of deliverance was another. Although amongst the heathen, they were not to be as the heathen; neither were they to be wholly given over to despair. As children of God they were to exhibit the virtues of: 1. Industry . ( Jeremiah 29:5 .) Misanthropy and despair are the parents of idleness;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:8

Let not your prophets and your diviners , etc. It seems as if the Babylonian "Jewry" were a copy of that at home. It had not only its "princes" and its "elders," but its "prophets" and its "diviners," who encouraged the same false hopes as those in Judah (comp. Jeremiah 27:9 ; Jeremiah 28:2 ). Your dreams which ye caused to be dreamed ; or, which ye cause yourselves to dream (comp. Jeremiah 27:9 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:8

Your prophets and your diviners - The evils from which the people had suffered so cruelly at home followed them in their exile.Dreams which ye cause to be dreamed - As long as there was a market for dreams, so long there would be plenty of impostors to supply them. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 29:8-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:8

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