Jeremiah 29:29

Contemporary English Version

When Zephaniah received Shemaiah's letter, he read it to me.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The priest Zephaniah read this letter in the hearing of the prophet Jeremiah.

Hebrew Names Version
Tzefanyah the Kohen read this letter in the ears of Yirmeyahu the prophet.

King James Version
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

English Standard Version
Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

New American Standard Bible
Now Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

New Century Version
Zephaniah the priest read the letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

Amplified Bible
Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

World English Bible
Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Zephaniah the Priest red this letter in the eares of Ieremiah the Prophet.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

Berean Standard Bible
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

Complete Jewish Bible
Tz'fanyah the cohen read this letter to Yirmeyahu the prophet, and afterwards

Darby Translation
—And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of the prophet Jeremiah.

Easy-to-Read Version
Zephaniah the priest read the letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

George Lamsa Translation
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Good News Translation
Zephaniah read the letter to me,

Lexham English Bible
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

Literal Translation
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Which lettre Sophonias the prest dyd rede, and let Ieremy the prophet heare it.

American Standard Version
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Bible in Basic English
And Zephaniah the priest made clear to Jeremiah the prophet what was said in the letter, reading it to him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

King James Version (1611)
And Zephaniah the Priest read this letter in the eares of Ieremiah the Prophet.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Which letter Sophonias the priest read, and let Ieremie the prophete heare it.

English Revised Version
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Sofonye, the preest, redde this book in the eeris of Jeremye, the prophete.

Update Bible Version
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

New English Translation
Zephaniah the priest read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah.

New King James Version
Now Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

New Living Translation
But when Zephaniah the priest received Shemaiah's letter, he took it to Jeremiah and read it to him.

New Life Bible
Zephaniah the religious leader read this letter to Jeremiah the man of God.

New Revised Standard
The priest Zephaniah read this letter in the hearing of the prophet Jeremiah.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Zephaniah the priest hath read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet,

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Sophonias the priest read this letter, in the hearing of Jeremias the prophet.

Revised Standard Version
Zephani'ah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

Young's Literal Translation
And Zephaniah the priest readeth this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

THE MESSAGE
The priest Zephaniah read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

Contextual Overview

²⁴The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, told me what would happen to Shemaiah, 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 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? ²⁸ He even wrote a letter to the people here in Babylonia, saying we would be here a long time. He told us to build homes and to plant gardens and grow our own food. ²⁹ When Zephaniah received Shemaiah's letter, he read it to me. ³⁰ Then the Lord told me what to write in a second letter ³¹ to the people of Judah who had been taken to Babylonia. In this letter, I wrote that the Lord had said: I, the Lord , have not chosen Shemaiah to be one of my prophets, and he has misled you by telling lies in my name. ³² He has even talked you into disobeying me. So I will punish Shemaiah. He and his descendants won't live to see the good things I will do for my people. I, the Lord , have spoken.

Bible Verse Review
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Jeremiah 29:25

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:18 - Zephaniah Jeremiah 20:3 - Magormissabib Jeremiah 52:24 - Zephaniah

Cross-References

Genesis 29:3
Shepherds would roll the rock away when all their sheep had gathered there. Then after the sheep had been watered, the shepherds would roll the rock back over the mouth of the well.

Genesis 29:8
But they replied, "We can't do that until they all get here, and the rock has been rolled away from the well."

Genesis 29:24
Laban also gave Zilpah to Leah as her servant woman.

Genesis 35:22
During their time there, Jacob's oldest son Reuben slept with Bilhah, who was one of Jacob's other wives. And Jacob found out about it.

Genesis 37:2
and this is the story of his family. When Jacob's son Joseph was seventeen years old, he took care of the sheep with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah. But he was always telling his father all sorts of bad things about his brothers.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Zephaniah the priest read this letter,.... Of Shemaiah's to him, and the other priests:

in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet: whether out of good will, to let him know who were his enemies abroad; or out of ill will, to stir up the people against him; or in pretence of proceeding equitably with him; not taking him up, and punishing him before he brought the accusation and charge against him; and acquainted him who were his accusers, and what evidence there was, and heard what he had to say in his own defence whether one or the other is uncertain; however, by this means Jeremiah came to the knowledge of Shemaiah's letter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A narrative showing the effects of Jeremiah’s letter. Shemaiah the leader of the false prophets wrote to Zephaniah, urging him to restrain the prophet’s zeal with the prison and the stocks.

Jeremiah 29:24

To Shemaiah - Rather, concerning.

The Nehelamite - Not as in the margin; but one belonging to the village of Nehlam (unknown).

Jeremiah 29:26

Officers - Deputy high priests who had the oversight of the temple.

Mad - See 2 Kings 9:11 note. Many of the symbolic actions of the prophets, such as that of Jeremiah going about with a yoke on his neck, would be mocked at by the irreverent as passing the line between prophecy and madness.

Prisons - Rather, the stocks Jeremiah 20:2.

The stocks - Rather, collar.

Jeremiah 29:28

This captivity is long - Rather, It is long. God’s anger, their punishment, the exile, the time necessary for their repentance - all is long to men who will never live to see their country again.