Jeremiah 29:26
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Berean Study Bible
‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet— you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah hath made thee priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for there being inspectors of the house of Jehovah, for every one mad and making himself a prophet, and thou hast put him unto the torture and unto the stocks.

King James Bible
The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man [that is] mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

Hebrew
‘The LORD
יְהוָ֞ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

has appointed
נְתָנְךָ֣ (nə·ṯā·nə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

you priest
כֹהֵ֗ן (ḵō·hên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3548: Priest

in place of
תַּ֚חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

Jehoiada,
יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע (yə·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3077: Jehoiada -- 'the LORD knows', the name of several Israelites

to be
לִֽהְי֤וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the chief officer
פְּקִדִים֙ (pə·qi·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6496: Commissioner, deputy, overseer

in the house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

responsible for any
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

madman
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who acts like a prophet—
וּמִתְנַבֵּ֑א (ū·miṯ·nab·bê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5012: To prophesy, speak, by inspiration

you must put
וְנָתַתָּ֥ה (wə·nā·ṯat·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

him
אֹת֛וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

in
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

stocks
הַמַּהְפֶּ֖כֶת (ham·mah·pe·ḵeṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4115: Stocks (instrument of punishment)

and neck irons.
הַצִּינֹֽק׃ (haṣ·ṣî·nōq)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6729: The pillory

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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