“Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.”
Jeremiah preemptively addresses the priestly and prophetic establishment, who presumably claimed special access to the Temple treasures and vessels and predicted their rapid return from exile. The mention of items taken from the Temple during Nebuchadnezzar's first deportation (605 BCE) indicates that this prophecy addresses the situation after initial exile when hopes for immediate restoration were highest. Jeremiah's warning that such prophecies are lies directly contradicts institutional religious leadership, placing his authority against theirs.
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