Jeremiah refers to false prophets who claimed that the exile would be short-lived and that Jerusalem would soon be restored. J. A. Thompson observes that “the false prophets had told the people that their stay would be short, and Jeremiah needed to assert that this was a falsehood . . . [the false prophets] were associates of diviners and dreamers (27:9). . . . It was an attempt to speed up the divine purposes. But Yahweh will not be hurried in his plans for his people.”
