Jeremiah Chapter 29 verse 24 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 29:24

And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,
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BBE Jeremiah 29:24

About Shemaiah the Nehelamite.
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DARBY Jeremiah 29:24

And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
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KJV Jeremiah 29:24

Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
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WBT Jeremiah 29:24


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WEB Jeremiah 29:24

Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
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YLT Jeremiah 29:24

`And unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou dost speak, saying,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 24-32. - A threatening oracle against the false prophet Shemaiah. Great excitement had been caused among the so-called prophets in Babylon by the emphatic language of Jeremiah. Accordingly one of them, named Shemaiah, wrote letters to the Jews at home, and especially to a high official called Zephaniah (see on ver. 26) to put a stop to Jeremiah's bold agitation. Zephaniah, however, was not the man for whom Shemaiah took him, and read the letter to the intended victim. Upon this, Jeremiah received a special revelation, announcing dire punishment to Shemaiah and his family (according to the principle of the Divine government described in Exodus 20:5). Verse 24. - To Shemaiah; or, of, concerning (as the same preposition is rendered in vers. 16, 21, 31). The oracle itself speaks of Shemaiah in the third person (vers. 31, 32). The Authorized Version, however, can be defended by its accordance with ver. 25. The Nehelamite. This is evidently a patronymic, but whether of the family or the locality of the bearer cannot be decided. The analogy of "Jeremiah of Anathoth" (ver. 27), however, favors the view that it is local.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite.--It is clear that this section (Jeremiah 29:24-32) is of the nature of a fragment attached to the Epistle to Babylon on account of its associations with it, but not forming part of it. It gives, in fact (as Jeremiah 29:28 shows), the sequence of events, and so far stands in the same relation to it as the Second Epistle to the Corinthians does to the First. Jeremiah's letter had naturally roused the indignation of the rival prophets at Babylon, and they organised a movement, of which Shemaiah was the chief instigator, for his destruction. Of Shemaiah himself we know nothing more than is here recorded. The description "Nehelamite" gives us no information, as the name Nehelam does not appear as belonging to any person or place in the Old Testament. It is just possible, as in the marginal reading, that there may be a play upon the Hebrew word (Halam) for "dreamer."