Jeremiah 29:27 (LSB)

Passage

so now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who prophesies to you?

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 29:25 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are in Jerusalem and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

Jeremiah 29:26 “Yahweh has given you to be a priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be the overseer in the house of Yahweh over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and in the iron collar,

Jeremiah 29:27 so now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who prophesies to you?

Jeremiah 29:28 For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, ‘The exile will be long; build houses and live in them and plant gardens and eat their fruit.’”’”

Jeremiah 29:29 So Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rebuked", "jeremiah", "anathoth", and "prophesies". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rebuked" and "jeremiah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "Yahweh has given you to be a..." into verse 28's "For he has sent to us in...", so "rebuked" and "jeremiah" 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 "rebuked" and "jeremiah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.