26 The Lord hath made thee Priest, for [a]Jehoiada the Priest, that ye should be officers in the House of the Lord, for every man that raveth and maketh himself a Prophet, to put him in prison and in the stocks.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:26 Shemaiah the false prophet flattereth Zephaniah the chief Priest, as though God had given him the spirit and zeal of Jehoiada to punish whosoever trespassed against the word of God, of the which he would have made Jeremiah one, calling him a raver and a false prophet.

24 Who having received such commandment, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet [a]fast in the stocks.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 16:24 Because he would be more sure of them, he set them fast in the stocks.

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