Jeremias 29:25

25 Diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel, que você enviou cartas em seu próprio nome a todo o povo de Jerusalém, a Sofonias, filho do sacerdote Maaseias, e a todos os sacerdotes. Você disse a Sofonias:

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 cometeram loucura em Israel: adulteraram com as mulheres de seus amigos e em meu nome falaram mentiras, que eu não ordenei que falassem. Mas eu estou sabendo; sou testemunha disso’, declara o SENHOR.

24 “Diga a Semaías, de Neelam:

25 Diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel, que você enviou cartas em seu próprio nome a todo o povo de Jerusalém, a Sofonias, filho do sacerdote Maaseias, e a todos os sacerdotes. Você disse a Sofonias:

26 ‘O SENHOR o designou sacerdote em lugar de Joiada como encarregado do templo do SENHOR; você deveria prender no tronco, com correntes de ferro, qualquer doido que agisse como profeta.

27 E por que você não repreendeu Jeremias de Anatote, que se apresenta como profeta entre vocês?