Jeremiah 29:26

Shemaiah's Letter To Zephaniah The Priest

²⁵ “This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You in your own name have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying: ²⁶ ‘The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest to be the chief officer in the temple of the Lord, responsible for every madman who acts like a prophet. You must confine him in the stocks and an iron collar. ²⁷ So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who has been acting like a prophet among you?

House of the Lord

Temple of the Lord

Jehoiada

Jehovah

Zephaniah

Jeremiah 20:1-2

Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and chief official in the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

2 Kings 9:11

When Jehu came out to his master’s servants, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this crazy person come to you?”

Then he said to them, “You know the sort and their ranting.”

Hosea 9:7

The days of punishment have come;
the days of retribution have come.
Let Israel recognize it!
The prophet is a fool,
and the inspired man is insane,
because of the magnitude
of your guilt and hostility.

John 10:20

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?”

Acts 26:24

As he was making his defense this way, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You’re out of your mind, Paul! Too much study is driving you mad!”

Deuteronomy 13:1-5

“If a prophet or someone who has dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,

Mark 3:21

When His family heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, “He’s out of His mind.”

Acts 16:24

Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

2 Kings 11:15

Then Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Take her out between the ranks, and put to death by the sword anyone who follows her,” for the priest had said, “She is not to be put to death in the Lord’s temple.”

2 Kings 11:18

So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They broke its altars and images into pieces, and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, at the altars.

Then Jehoiada the priest appointed guards for the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 16:10

Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time.

2 Chronicles 18:26

and say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this guy in prison and feed him only bread and water until I come back safely.’”

Jeremiah 29:27

So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who has been acting like a prophet among you?

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Jeremiah 38:28

Jeremiah remained in the guard’s courtyard until the day Jerusalem was captured, and he was there when it happened.

Zechariah 13:3-6

If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him: You cannot remain alive because you have spoken falsely in the name of Yahweh. When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.

Matthew 21:23

When He entered the temple complex, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”

John 8:53

Are You greater than our father Abraham who died? Even the prophets died. Who do You pretend to be?”

John 10:33

“We aren’t stoning You for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because You—being a man—make Yourself God.”

Acts 4:1

Now as they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the temple police, and the Sadducees confronted them,

Acts 5:18

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.

Acts 5:24

As the commander of the temple police and the chief priests heard these things, they were baffled about them, as to what could come of this.

Acts 26:11

In all the synagogues I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them. I even pursued them to foreign cities since I was greatly enraged at them.

2 Corinthians 5:13-15

For if we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we have a sound mind, it is for you.

2 Corinthians 11:33

so I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.

Revelation 2:10

Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.