Jeremiah 29:26 (DBY)

Passage

Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers [in] the house of Jehovah, over every madman and self-made prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the shackles.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 29:24 And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

Jeremiah 29:25 Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

Jeremiah 29:26 Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers [in] the house of Jehovah, over every madman and self-made prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the shackles.

Jeremiah 29:27 And now, why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you?

Jeremiah 29:28 Forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, It will be long; build houses, and dwell [in them], and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "hath", "thee", "priest", "stead", "jehoiada", and "should". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts the God..." into verse 27's "And now why hast thou not reproved...", so "jehovah" and "hath" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.