Jeremiah:29:24-32

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* And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shall speak , saying , * Thus speaks LORD of hosts , the God of Israel , saying , Because thou have sent letters in thine own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem , and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah , the priest , and to all the priests , saying , * LORD has made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest , that there may be officers in the house of LORD , for every man who is mad , and makes himself a prophet , that thou should put him in the stocks and in shackles . * Now therefore , why have thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth , who makes himself a prophet to you , * inasmuch as he has sent to us in Babylon , saying , [It ] is long . Build ye houses , and dwell in them , and plant gardens , and eat the fruit of them ? * (And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet .) * Then the word of LORD came to Jeremiah , saying , * Send to all those of the captivity , saying , Thus says LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite : Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you , and I did not send him , and he has caused you to trust in a lie , * therefore thus says LORD : Behold , I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite , and his seed . He shall not have a man to dwell among this people , nor shall he behold the good that I will do to my people , says LORD , because he has spoken r

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