Jeremiah 29:26-28

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²⁶ Shemaiah, this is what you said in your letter to Zephaniah: ‘Zephaniah, the Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada. You are to be in charge of the Lord’s Temple. You should arrest anyone who acts like a crazy person^[a] and acts like a prophet. You should put that person’s feet between large blocks of wood and put neck irons^[b] on him. ²⁷ Now Jeremiah is acting like a prophet. So why didn’t you arrest him? ²⁸ Jeremiah has sent this message to us in Babylon: You people in Babylon will be there for a long time, so build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what you grow.’”