Jeremiah 29:25-27

Contemporary English Version

A Message for Shemaiah

^24-25 The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, told me what would happen to Shemaiah,^[a] who was one of our people in Babylonia. After my letter reached Babylonia, Shemaiah wrote letters to the people of Jerusalem, including the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and the other priests. The letter to Zephaniah said:

²⁶ After the death of Jehoiada the priest, the Lord chose you to be the priest in charge of the temple security force. You know that anyone who acts crazy and pretends to be a prophet should be arrested and put in chains^[b] and iron collars. ²⁷ Jeremiah from the town of Anathoth is pretending to be a prophet there in Jerusalem, so why haven't you punished him?