Jeremiah 29:24
22 Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
23 For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that
25 this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
26 ‘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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that
- KJV
- Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
- WEB
- Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
- ASV
- And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,
- DARBY
- And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
- BLB
- And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying:
- ÅB
- Og til nehelamitten Semaja skal du si:
- OTB
- Tal til Sjemaja, Nehelamitten, og si,
- B1930
- Og til nehelamitten Semaja skal du si:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 29:31–32
“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
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