Jeremiah 29:23-25

New Catholic Bible

²³ For they have perpetrated outrageous crimes in Israel; not only did they commit adultery with their neighbors’ wives, but in my name they have spoken lies that I never commanded them to utter. I know these things and bear witness to them, says the Lord.

²⁴ Prophecy of Shemaiah. Address these words to Shemaiah the Nehelamite. ²⁵ “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Acting on your own authority, you have sent a letter to all the people in Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, and to all the other priests