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23 because they have done a disgraceful thing in Israel, and they have committed adultery with the wives of their neighbors, and they have spoken words[a] in my name, lies[b] that I have not commanded them, and I am he who knows, and I am a witness,’ declares[c] Yahweh.”

Shemaiah’s Letter to Zephaniah the Priest

24 And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall say, saying,[d] 25 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, saying,[e] ‘Because you yourself sent a letter[f] in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:23 Hebrew “word”
  2. Jeremiah 29:23 Hebrew “lie”
  3. Jeremiah 29:23 Literally “a declaration of”
  4. Jeremiah 29:24 Literally “to say”
  5. Jeremiah 29:25 Literally “to say”
  6. Jeremiah 29:25 Hebrew “letters”
  7. Jeremiah 29:25 Literally “to say”