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Text -- Jeremiah 29:23-32 (NET)
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29:23 This will happen to them because they have done what is shameful in Israel . They have committed adultery with their neighbors ’ wives and have spoken lies while claiming my authority. They have spoken words that I did not command them to speak. I know what they have done. I have been a witness to it,’ says the Lord .”
A Response to the Letter and a Subsequent Letter
29:24 The Lord told Jeremiah, “Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite
29:25 that the Lord God of Israel who rules over all has a message for him. Tell him, ‘On your own initiative you sent a letter to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah and to all the other priests and to all the people in Jerusalem . In your letter you said to Zephaniah,
29:26 “The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada . He has put you in charge in the Lord’s temple of controlling any lunatic who pretends to be a prophet . And it is your duty to put any such person in the stocks with an iron collar around his neck.
29:27 You should have reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth who is pretending to be a prophet among you!
29:28 For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon . He wrote and told us, “You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down . Plant gardens and eat what they produce .”’”
29:29 Zephaniah the priest read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah .
29:30 Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah .
29:31 “Send a message to all the exiles in Babylon. Tell them, ‘The Lord has spoken about Shemaiah the Nehelamite . “Shemaiah has spoken to you as a prophet even though I did not send him. He is making you trust in a lie .
29:32 Because he has done this,” the Lord says , “I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his whole family . There will not be any of them left to experience the good things that I will do for my people . I, the Lord , affirm it! For he counseled rebellion against the Lord .”’”
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NET Notes -> Jer 29:23; Jer 29:23; Jer 29:23; Jer 29:24; Jer 29:24; Jer 29:25; Jer 29:25; Jer 29:25; Jer 29:25; Jer 29:25; Jer 29:25; Jer 29:25; Jer 29:25; Jer 29:25; Jer 29:26; Jer 29:26; Jer 29:26; Jer 29:26; Jer 29:26; Jer 29:26; Jer 29:27; Jer 29:28; Jer 29:28; Jer 29:29; Jer 29:31; Jer 29:32; Jer 29:32
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NET Notes: Jer 29:24 It is unclear whether this is a family name or a place name. The word occurs nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.
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NET Notes: Jer 29:25 The words “In your letter you said to Zephaniah” are not in the text: Heb “you sent a letter to…, saying.” The sentence ...
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NET Notes: Jer 29:26 This word only occurs here in the Hebrew Bible. All the lexicons are agreed as seeing it referring to a collar placed around the neck. The basis for t...
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NET Notes: Jer 29:27 Heb “So why have you not reprimanded Jeremiah…?” The rhetorical question functions as an emphatic assertion made explicit in the tra...
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