Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Jeremiah 29:24
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that
BSB text & permissions
¶ [Thus] shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
KJV text & permissions
Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
WEB text & permissions
ASVAmerican Standard Version
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,
ASV text & permissions
BLB is available for the New Testament only in this reader.
BLB text & permissions
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Jeremiah 29
22 Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
23 For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
24 You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that
25 this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
26 ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.
Read the full chapter →