Jeremiah 29:25
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Similarly, you have sent letters in your name to all the people that are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying:
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In Context
24And to Shemaiah of Nehelam, you shall say:
Cross References
2 Kings 10:1Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And so Jehu wrote letters, and he sent to Samaria, to the nobles of the city, and to those greater by birth, and to those who had raised Ahab’s sons, saying:
2 Kings 19:14And so, when Hezekiah had received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and had read it, he ascended to the house of the Lord, and he spread it out before the Lord.
2 Chronicles 32:17Also, he wrote letters full of blasphemy against the Lord God of Israel. And against him he said: “Just as the gods of other nations were unable to free their people from my hand, so also is the God of Hezekiah unable to rescue his people from this hand.”
Nehemiah 6:5And Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time, with the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner:
Nehemiah 6:19Moreover, they praised him before me, and they reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters, so that he might make me afraid.
Jeremiah 29:29Thus, Zephaniah, the priest, read this letter, in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:25-32
The Malice of Shemaiah; The Doom of Shemaiah. ( b. c. 596.) 24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, 25 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 26 The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord , for every man that is mad, and maketh… Read the whole commentary →