Jeremiah 29:25
Thus, speaketh Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, saying,—Because, thou, hast sent in, thine own name, letters, unto all the people who are in Jerusalem, and unto Zephaniah son, of Maaseiah the priest, and unto all the priests saying:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
24Also unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite, shalt thou speak, saying:
Cross References
2 Kings 10:1Now, Ahab, had seventy sons in Samaria,—so Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel—the elders, and unto them who had been foster-parents for Ahab, saying:
2 Kings 19:14And, when Hezekiah had received the letter at the hand of the messengers, and had read it, then went he up to the house of Yahweh, and Hezekiah spread it out before Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 32:17Letters, also wrote he, to scoff at Yahweh God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, Like the gods of the nations of the countries, who delivered not their people out of my hand, so, shall the god of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.
Nehemiah 6:5Then Sanballat sent unto me, according to this message, a fifth time, by his young man,—with an open letter, in his hand:
Nehemiah 6:19Moreover, his good deeds, were they telling before me, and, my affairs, were they carrying out to him,—letters, did Tobiah send to put me in fear.
Jeremiah 29:29And Zephaniah the priest hath read this letter in the ears 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 →