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Jeremiah 29:24
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To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you are to say,
Concerning Shemayah the Nechelami you shall speak, saying,
Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say:
Now you shall speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
Also give a message to Shemaiah from the Nehelamite family.
Also you shall speak to Shemaiah of Nehelam [among the exiles in Babylon], saying,
Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
Thou shalt also speake to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
You are to say to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,
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:
"To Sh'ma‘yah the Nechelami you are to communicate this message:
And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
Also give a message to Shemaiah from the Nehelam family.
And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, you shall say,
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:
And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall say, saying,
You shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
But as for Semeia the Nehelamite, thou shalt speake vnto him:
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,
About Shemaiah the Nehelamite.
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying:
Thus shalt thou also speake to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying:
But as for Semeiah the Nehelamite, thou shalt speake vnto hym:
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,
And thou schalt seie to Semei Neelamyte,
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
[Thus] shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
The Lord told Jeremiah, "Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite
You shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
The Lord sent this message to Shemaiah the Nehelamite in Babylon:
And say to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,
To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say:
Also unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite, shalt thou speak, saying:
And to Semeias the Nehelamite thou shalt say:
`And unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou dost speak, saying,
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.
To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
Contextual Overview
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
Now Sar'ai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar;
So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.
And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's kinsman, and that he was Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father.
(these are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore 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.
