Jeremiah 29:24

Message to Shemaiah

24 Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite,

Jeremiah 29:24 in Other Translations

KJV
24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
ESV
24 To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say:
NLT
24 The LORD sent this message to Shemaiah the Nehelamite in Babylon:
MSG
24 And this is the Message for Shemaiah the Nehelamite:
CSB
24 To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you are to say,

Jeremiah 29:24 In-Context

22 Because of them, all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned in the fire.’
23 For they have done outrageous things in Israel; they have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and in my name they have uttered lies—which I did not authorize. I know it and am a witness to it,” declares the LORD.
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 son of Maaseiah, and to all the other priests. You said to Zephaniah,
26 ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada to be in charge of the house of the LORD; you should put any maniac who acts like a prophet into the stocks and neck-irons.
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