Jeremias 29:25

25 Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Porquanto enviaste em teu próprio nome cartas a todo o povo que está em Jerusalém, como também a Sofonias, filho de Maaséias, o sacerdote, e a todos os sacerdotes, dizendo:

Jeremias 29:25 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 29:25

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying,
&c.] (See Gill on Jeremiah 29:4); because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that
[are] at Jerusalem;
not in the name of the captives, whom he consulted not; nor with Ezekiel the prophet of the Lord, who was of the captivity; but in his own name, taking upon him to direct and order what should be done in Jerusalem. These letters were sent, very probably, by the hands of the king's messengers, when they returned, whose names are mentioned, ( Jeremiah 29:3 ) ; some of them were sent to the people, to set them against the prophet of the Lord, Jeremiah, that they might not give any heed and credit to him; and others to the priests, as follows: and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest;
not the high, priest, but his sagan or deputy; the second priest, as he is called, ( Jeremiah 52:24 ) ; for Seraiah was high priest, unless he was now become high priest in his room. This Maaseiah was either his immediate parent, or else the head of that course to which Zephaniah belonged, as a common priest, which was the twenty fourth in order, ( 1 Chronicles 24:18 ) ; saying:
as follows:

Jeremias 29:25 In-Context

23 porque fizeram insensatez em Israel, cometendo adultério com as mulheres de seus próximos, e anunciando falsamente em meu nome palavras que não lhes mandei. Eu o sei, e sou testemunha disso, diz o Senhor.

24 E a Semaías, o neelamita, falarás, dizendo:

25 Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Porquanto enviaste em teu próprio nome cartas a todo o povo que está em Jerusalém, como também a Sofonias, filho de Maaséias, o sacerdote, e a todos os sacerdotes, dizendo:

26 O Senhor te pôs por sacerdote em lugar de Jeoiada, o sacerdote, para que fosses encarregado da casa do Senhor, sobre todo homem obsesso que profetiza, para o lançares na prisão e no tronco;

27 agora, pois, por que não repreendeste a Jeremias, o anatotita, que vos profetiza?