Jeremías 29:23

23 Pues estos hombres han hecho cosas terribles entre mi pueblo. Han cometido adulterio con las esposas de sus vecinos y han mentido en mi nombre diciendo cosas que no les mandé decir. De esto soy testigo. Yo, el Señor
, he hablado”».

Jeremías 29:23 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 29:23

Because they have committed villany in Israel
Or "folly" {f}; as the sins of adultery, and prophesying falsely, are afterwards mentioned. This was not the reason why the king of Babylon put them to death; though the Jews ^F7 have a tradition that they attempted the chastity of Nebuchadnezzar's daughter, for which reason he case them into a furnace; but rather it was on account of their prophesying immediate destruction to Babylon; and telling the captives that they should be delivered in a short time; and stirring them up to prepare to go to their own land; but the reasons here given are those which moved the Lord to deliver them into the hands of the king of Babylon for their destruction: and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives;
which was a piece of villany, as well as folly; and which abundantly showed that these men were not the prophets of the Lord, or were sent by him, being such impure wretches: and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded
them;
as that the people should return to their own land in a short time; this was another part of their villany and folly, and for which they were given up into the hands of the king of Babylon, to be punished: even I know, and [am] a witness, saith the Lord;
for though their adulteries might be very secretly committed, and their lying prophecies were not seen to be such by the people in common; yet God, who is omniscient, saw all their impurity, and knew all their lies and falsehood, and was, and would be, a swift witness against them, here and hereafter. The Targum is,

``and before me it is manifest, and my word is a witness, saith the Lord.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (hlbn) "stultitiam", V. L. Schmidt.
F7 T. Bab. Sanhedrin. fol. 93. 1.

Jeremías 29:23 In-Context

21 Esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, Dios de Israel, acerca de los profetas que tienen —Acab, hijo de Colaías y Sedequías, hijo de Maaseías— que les dicen mentiras en mi nombre: “Yo los entregaré a Nabucodonosor
para que los ejecute delante de sus ojos.

22 Su horrible final será conocido por todos, entonces cuando los desterrados judíos quieran maldecir a alguien, dirán: ‘¡Que el Señor
te haga como a Sedequías y a Acab, a quienes el rey de Babilonia quemó vivos!’.

23 Pues estos hombres han hecho cosas terribles entre mi pueblo. Han cometido adulterio con las esposas de sus vecinos y han mentido en mi nombre diciendo cosas que no les mandé decir. De esto soy testigo. Yo, el Señor
, he hablado”».

24 Mensaje a Semaías
El Señor
envió este mensaje a Semaías el nehelamita que estaba en Babilonia.

25 «Esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, Dios de Israel: escribiste una carta por tu propia cuenta a Sofonías, hijo de Maaseías, el sacerdote, y enviaste copias a los demás sacerdotes y al pueblo en Jerusalén. Le escribiste a Sofonías: