For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
These false prophets and diviners insisted a swift return was coming, contradicting the Lord's own word. But the people colluded in their deception, they dreamed the dreams themselves, then demanded the false prophets dream them too, treating their own night-thoughts as divine messages.
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God commands the exiles to settle Babylon for the long term: build houses, plant gardens, marry, multiply. Seek the welfare of the city where you are captive and pray for it, because your safety depends on its safety. This is not hope in Chaldean collapse but obedience to His present will. The false prophets who promise quick deliverance speak lies; He has not sent them.
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Commenting on Jeremiah 29:4-14
Men are not merely fooled; they choose deception because they love darkness. The people themselves summoned these dreams and pressed the false prophets to speak them. Deceivers prosper because the deceived have a morbid appetite to be lied to.
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