For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
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
These false prophets ran without being called, yet claimed God's name to gain the people's applause; but God never leaves His faithful without the Spirit of discernment, provided they offer themselves sincerely to His true servants and measure all doctrine by the Law and Gospel as their rule.
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They prophesied falsely while claiming God's authority, pretending His warrant for lies born of their own hearts or Satan's delusions. They set themselves up, sent by no one but their own ambition, and those who heed them are in a desperate condition.
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