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To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
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"Thussays the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Because* you have sentletters in your own name to all the peoplewho are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
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"The LORD has made you priestinstead of Jehoiada the priest, to be the overseer in the house of the LORD over everymadman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and in the ironcollar,
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Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying,
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"Send to all the exiles, saying, 'Thussays the LORDconcerningShemaiah the Nehelamite, "Because*Shemaiah has prophesied to you, although I did not send him, and he has made you trust in a lie,"
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thereforethussays the LORD, "Behold, I am about to punishShemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants; he will not haveanyonelivingamongthispeople, and he will not see the good that I am about to do to My people," declares the LORD, "because he has preachedrebellionagainst the LORD.""'