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The Letter of Shemaiah

24-25 The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, gave me a message for Shemaiah of Nehelam, who had sent a letter in his own name to all the people of Jerusalem and to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah and to all the other priests. In this letter Shemaiah wrote to Zephaniah:

26 “The Lord made you a priest in place of Jehoiada, and you are now the chief officer[a] in the Temple. It is your duty to see that every crazy person who pretends to be a prophet is placed in chains with an iron collar around the neck.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:26 Some ancient translations officer; Hebrew officers.

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