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23 because they have done an outrageous thing in Israel, (A)they have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and (B)they have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them. (C)I am the one who knows, (D)and I am witness, declares the Lord.’”

Shemaiah's False Prophecy

24 To (E)Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say: 25 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to (F)Zephaniah the son of (G)Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

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23 For they have done outrageous things in Israel; they have committed adultery(A) with their neighbors’ wives, and in my name they have uttered lies—which I did not authorize. I know(B) it and am a witness(C) to it,” declares the Lord.

Message to Shemaiah

24 Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite, 25 “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You sent letters in your own name to all the people in Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah(D) son of Maaseiah, and to all the other priests. You said to Zephaniah,

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