Jeremiah 29:24–32

²⁴And to ^aShemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

²⁵“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have sent ^aletters in your own name to all the people who are in Jerusalem and to ^bZephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

²⁶“Yahweh has given you to be a priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be the ^1aoverseer in the house of Yahweh over every ^bmadman who ^cprophesies, to ^dput him in the stocks and in the iron collar,

²⁷so now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of ^aAnathoth who prophesies to you?

²⁸“For he has ^asent to us in Babylon, saying, ‘The exile will be ^blong; ^cbuild houses and live in them and plant gardens and eat their fruit.’”

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

³⁰Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,

³¹“Send to ^aall the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh concerning ^bShemaiah the Nehelamite, “Because Shemaiah has ^cprophesied to you, although I did not send him, and he has ^dmade you trust in a lie,”

³²therefore thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am about to ^apunish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his seed; he will ^bnot have anyone living among this people, ^cand he will not see the good that I am about to do to My people,” declares Yahweh, “because he has ^dspoken rebellion against Yahweh.” ’ ”