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Jeremiah 29:26

The LORD has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that you should be officers in the house of the LORD, over every man that is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in prison, and in the stocks.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Joiada, whose zeal had been conspicuous long before, under Joas, in persuading him to destroy the false prophets, 4 Kings xi. 17. Sophonias is exhorted to imitate him, by treating Jeremias in like manner. (Calmet) Thou. Hebrew, "ye should be officers. "(Protestants) (Haydock) There were many chief priests. Raveth. Hebrew, "is possessed, and counterfeits the prophet. "Such were to be slain, being confined till sentence had been passed, Deuteronomy xviii. 20. (Calmet)

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