Jeremiah 29:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For thus saith the Lord of hosts The prophet continues to speak by the authority of God; Let not your prophets, &c., deceive you Suffer not yourselves to be deluded by them. While we have the word of God, by which to try the spirits, it is our own fault if we be deceived; for by it we may be directed. Neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed The LXX. render this clause, και μη ακουετε εις τα ενυπνια υμων, α υμεις ενυπνιαζεσθε, hearken not, or attend not, to your dreams which you dream. Thus also the Vulgate. Blaney, however, prefers translating the words, Neither hearken ye to your dealers in dreams, whom ye cause to dream; observing, “These dreamers might be said to be made, or encouraged, to dream, by the easy credit given to their impostures, and the reputation and respect they thereby acquired.” Some have thought it probable that those who interpreted dreams (which sort of people abounded in Babylon) used to interpret all the dreams of Jews, on which they were consulted, to signify their speedy return to their own country; as they knew that this was what the Jews earnestly wished for, and would be glad to hear, and consequently be induced to consult these interpreters the more frequently; who therein found their profit.