Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
of Anathoth--said contemptuously, as "Jesus of Nazareth." maketh himself--as if God had not made him one, but he himself had done so.
This dreamer Shemaiah got wind of my letter and flew into a rage, not because he could answer it with truth, but because it exposed him. Rather than defend his false prophecies, he takes pen in hand and stirs up the priests to come after me, writing as though he were dictator to all mankind. That is the mark of a man who knows his ground is rotten.
AI summary
Commenting on Jeremiah 29:24-32
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,.... Not by words only, but by actions; by beating and scourging, by pillory or imprisonment, and so restraining him from prophesying to the people: which maketh himself a prophet unto you?