Jeremiah 29:29

Christian Standard Bible ®

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

Parallel Translations

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.

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

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

²⁴To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you are to say, ²⁵“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: You in your own name have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying, ²⁶‘The Lord has appointed you priest in place of the priest Jehoiada to be the chief officer in the temple of the Lord, responsible for every madman who acts like a prophet. You must confine him in the stocks and an iron collar. ²⁷So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who has been acting like a prophet among you? ²⁸For he has sent word to us in Babylon, claiming, “The exile will be long. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.”’” ²⁹The priest Zephaniah read this letter in the hearing of the prophet Jeremiah.³⁰Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ³¹“Send a message to all the exiles, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and made you trust a lie, ³²this is what the Lord says: I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. There will not be even one of his descendants living among these people, nor will any ever see the good that I will bring to my people—this is the Lord’s declaration—for he has preached rebellion against the Lord.’”

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
The shepherds would roll the stone from the opening of the well and water the sheep when all the flocks were gathered there. Then they would return the stone to its place over the well’s opening.

Genesis 29:8
But they replied, “We can’t until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone is rolled from the well’s opening. Then we will water the sheep.”

Genesis 29:24
And Laban gave his slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her slave.

Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.

Genesis 35:25
The sons of Rachel’s slave Bilhah

Genesis 37:2
These are the family records of Jacob.

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.