Jeremiah 27:9

“Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, etc.] False prophets, as the Targum. These words are not directed to the Jews, but are a continuation of what the messengers of the nations should say to their masters from the God of Israel, by the mouth of his prophet; for they had their prophets as well as the Jews; as the prophets of Baal, and others: nor to your diviners; or soothsayers; such an one as was Balaam: nor to your dreamers; or “dreams”; such as they had themselves, and laid great stress upon; or to those who pretended to interpret them to them: nor to your enchanters; or stargazers; astrologers, who pretended by the position of the stars to foretell what would come to pass: nor to…”

“ye--the Jews especially, for whom the address to the rest was intended. enchanters--augurs [CALVIN], from a root, the "eyes," that is, lookers at the stars and other means of taking omens of futurity; or another root, a "fixed time," observers of times: forbidden in the law (Lev 19:26; Deu 18:10-11, Deu 18:14).”

“Dreamers - literally, as in the margin. People dream dreams for themselves, and go to diviners to ask the explanation of them. return to 'Top of Page'”

“27:9-10 Jeremiah warned against those who delivered messages contrary to those of the Lord. False prophets made predictions that supported idol worship; fortune-tellers claimed to have special abilities to predict future events by reading the stars, staring into crystal balls, and analyzing animal livers; interpreters of dreams predicted the future by analyzing people’s dreams and explaining what would happen; mediums claimed to converse with dead people; sorcerers specialized in casting spells to hurt or bless people by saying certain words or phrases that would concentrate evil or blessing on someone. • The king of Babylon will not conquer you: This prediction was false; Nebuchadnezzar…”

“hearken: Jer 27:14-16, Jer 14:14, Jer 23:16, Jer 23:25, Jer 23:32, Jer 29:8; Exo 7:11; Deu 18:10-12, Deu 18:14; Jos 13:22 \*marg. Isa 8:19; Mic 3:7; Zac 10:2; Mal 3:5; Act 8:11; Rev 9:21, Rev 18:23, Rev 21:8; Rev 22:15 dreamers: Heb. dreams, Isa 47:12-14 Jeremiah 27:10”

“Therefore they must not hearken to their prophets, soothsayers, and sorcerers, that prophesy the contrary. The mention of dreams between the prophets and soothsayers on the one hand, and the enchanters and sorcerers on the other, strikes us as singular. It is, however, to be explained from the fact, that prophets and soothsayers often feigned dreams and dream-revelations (cf. Jer 23:25); and other persons, too, might have dreams, and could give them out as significant. Cf. Jer 29:8, where dreams are expressly distinguished from the discourse of the prophets and soothsayers. Whether the reckoning of five kinds of heathen prophecy has anything to do with the naming of five kings (Hitz.),…”