Jeremiah 29:24

Literal Standard Version

And you speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you are to say,

Hebrew Names Version
Concerning Shemayah the Nechelami you shall speak, saying,

King James Version
Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

English Standard Version
To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say:

New American Standard Bible
Now you shall speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

New Century Version
Also give a message to Shemaiah from the Nehelamite family.

Amplified Bible
Also you shall speak to Shemaiah of Nehelam [among the exiles in Babylon], saying,

World English Bible
Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt also speake to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
You are to say to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, told me what would happen to Shemaiah, who was one of our people in Babylonia. After my letter reached Babylonia, Shemaiah wrote letters to the people of Jerusalem, including the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and the other priests. The letter to Zephaniah said:

Complete Jewish Bible
"To Sh'ma‘yah the Nechelami you are to communicate this message:

Darby Translation
And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Also give a message to Shemaiah from the Nehelam family.

George Lamsa Translation
And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, you shall say,

Good News Translation
The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, gave me a message for Shemaiah of Nehelam, who had sent a letter in his own name to all the people of Jerusalem and to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah and to all the other priests. In this letter Shemaiah wrote to Zephaniah:

Lexham English Bible
And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall say, saying,

Literal Translation
You shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But as for Semeia the Nehelamite, thou shalt speake vnto him:

American Standard Version
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,

Bible in Basic English
About Shemaiah the Nehelamite.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Thus shalt thou also speake to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But as for Semeiah the Nehelamite, thou shalt speake vnto hym:

English Revised Version
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt seie to Semei Neelamyte,

Update Bible Version
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
[Thus] shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

New English Translation
The Lord told Jeremiah, "Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite

New King James Version
You shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

New Living Translation
The Lord sent this message to Shemaiah the Nehelamite in Babylon:

New Life Bible
And say to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,

New Revised Standard
To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Also unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite, shalt thou speak, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And to Semeias the Nehelamite thou shalt say:

Revised Standard Version
To Shemai'ah of Nehel'am you shall say:

Young's Literal Translation
`And unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou dost speak, saying,

THE MESSAGE
And this is the Message for Shemaiah the Nehelamite: " God -of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says: You took it on yourself to send letters to all the people in Jerusalem and to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah and the company of priests. In your letter you told Zephaniah that God set you up as priest replacing priest Jehoiadah. He's put you in charge of God 's Temple and made you responsible for locking up any crazy fellow off the street who takes it into his head to be a prophet.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

Contextual Overview

²⁴And you speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,²⁵Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, saying, Because that you have sent letters in your name to all the people who [are] in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, ²⁶YHWH has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for there being inspectors of the house of YHWH over every man [who] is mad and making himself a prophet, and you have put him in the stocks and in the pillory. ²⁷And now, why have you not pushed against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is making himself a prophet to you? ²⁸Because that he has sent to us [in] Babylon, saying, It [is] long, build houses and abide; and plant gardens and eat their fruit." ²⁹And Zephaniah the priest reads this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. ³⁰And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah, saying, ³¹"Send to all the expulsion, saying, Thus said YHWH concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah prophesied to you, and I have not sent him, and he causes you to trust on falsehood, ³²therefore, thus said YHWH: Behold, I am seeing after Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and after his seed, he has none dwelling in the midst of this people, nor does he look on the good that I am doing to My people," a declaration of YHWH, "for he has spoken apostasy against YHWH."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shemaiah: Jeremiah 29:31, Jeremiah 29:32

Nehelamite: or, dreamer, Jeremiah 29:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 13:1 - a dreamer Acts 13:8 - withstood

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
And Sarai, Abram's wife, has not borne to him, and she has a handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name [is] Hagar;

Genesis 24:59
And they send away their sister Rebekah, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men;

Genesis 29:9
He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel has come with the flock which her father has, for she [is] shepherdess;

Genesis 29:12
and Jacob declares to Rachel that he [is] her father's brother, and that he [is] Rebekah's son, and she runs and declares [it] to her father.

Genesis 46:18
These [are] sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and she bears these to Jacob—sixteen persons.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[Thus] shalt thou speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,.... Or, "the dreamer" h; because he pretended to have dreams from the Lord; or because what he delivered as prophecies were mere dreams; as that the captives should quickly return to their own land; so Kimchi: but Jarchi takes it to be the name of a place, from whence he was so called; perhaps the place of his birth, or habitation formerly; so the Targum, paraphrasing

"who was of Halem;''

he was, another of the false prophets in Babylon. This latter part of the chapter is of a later date than the former; and refers to what was done after the above letter of Jeremiah came to the captives in Babylon; and after, the return of the messengers from thence, who brought, account how it was received, and what umbrage it gave to the false prophets:

saying; as follows:

h הנחלמי "quasi" חולם "somniator somniorum", Kimchi and Ben Melech.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A narrative showing the effects of Jeremiah’s letter. Shemaiah the leader of the false prophets wrote to Zephaniah, urging him to restrain the prophet’s zeal with the prison and the stocks.

Jeremiah 29:24

To Shemaiah - Rather, concerning.

The Nehelamite - Not as in the margin; but one belonging to the village of Nehlam (unknown).

Jeremiah 29:26

Officers - Deputy high priests who had the oversight of the temple.

Mad - See 2 Kings 9:11 note. Many of the symbolic actions of the prophets, such as that of Jeremiah going about with a yoke on his neck, would be mocked at by the irreverent as passing the line between prophecy and madness.

Prisons - Rather, the stocks Jeremiah 20:2.

The stocks - Rather, collar.

Jeremiah 29:28

This captivity is long - Rather, It is long. God’s anger, their punishment, the exile, the time necessary for their repentance - all is long to men who will never live to see their country again.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 29:24. Speak to Shemaiah — Zephaniah was the second priest, sagan, or chief priest's deputy, and Seraiah, high priest, when Jerusalem was taken. See Jeremiah 52:24. Shemaiah directs his letter to the former, and tells him that God had appointed him to supply the place of the high priest, who was probably then absent. His name was either Azariah or Seraiah his son, but called Jehoiada from the remarkable zeal and courage of that pontiff. See the passages in the margin. - Dodd. After the taking of Jerusalem, Zephaniah was put to death by Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, see Jeremiah 37:3. The history of Jehoiada may be seen 2 Kings 11:3, &c.