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Jeremiah 29:26-28 Good News Bible (GNB)

26. “The Lord made you a priest in place of Jehoiada, and you are now the chief officer in the Temple. It is your duty to see that every madman who pretends to be a prophet is placed in chains with an iron collar round his neck.

27. Why haven't you done this to Jeremiah of Anathoth, who has been speaking as a prophet to the people?

28. He must be stopped because he told the people in Babylonia that they would be prisoners there a long time and should build houses, settle down, plant gardens, and eat what they grow.”