Jeremiah 29:25

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23 because ^athey have done disgraceful things in Israel, have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken lying words in My name, which I have not commanded them. Indeed I ^bknow, and am a witness, says the Lord.

24 You shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

25 Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, ^ato Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

26 “The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, so that there should be ^aofficers in the house of the Lord over every man who is ^bdemented and considers himself a prophet, that you should ^cput him in prison and in the stocks.

27 Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who makes himself a prophet to you?

28 For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, ‘This captivity is long; build houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens and eat their fruit.’ ”

29 Now Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

30 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:

31 Send to all those in captivity, saying, Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, ^aand I have not sent him, and he has caused you to trust in a ^blie—

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Jeremiah 29:24-29

A narrative showing the effects of Jeremiah' s letter. Shemaiah the leader of the false prophets wrote to Zephaniah, urging him to restrain the prophet' s zeal with the prison and the stocks.

Jeremiah 29:24

To Shemaiah - Rather, concerning.

The Nehelamite - Not as in the margin; but one belonging to the village of Nehlam (unknown).

Jeremiah 29:26

Officers - Deputy high priests who had the oversight of the temple.

Mad - See II Kings 9:11 note. Many of the symbolic actions of the prophets, such as that of Jeremiah going about with a yoke on his neck, would be mocked at by the irreverent as passing the line between prophecy and madness.

Prisons - Rather, the stocks Jeremiah 20:2.

The stocks - Rather, collar.

Jeremiah 29:28

This captivity is long - Rather, It is long. God' s anger, their punishment, the exile, the time necessary for their repentance - all is long to men who will never live to see their country again.

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