Jeremiah 29:24

Easy-to-Read Version

Also give a message to Shemaiah from the Nehelam family.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you are to say,

Hebrew Names Version
Concerning Shemayah the Nechelami you shall speak, saying,

King James Version
Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

English Standard Version
To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say:

New American Standard Bible
Now you shall speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

New Century Version
Also give a message to Shemaiah from the Nehelamite family.

Amplified Bible
Also you shall speak to Shemaiah of Nehelam [among the exiles in Babylon], saying,

World English Bible
Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt also speake to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
You are to say to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,

Contemporary English Version
The 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:

Complete Jewish Bible
"To Sh'ma‘yah the Nechelami you are to communicate this message:

Darby Translation
And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, you shall say,

Good News Translation
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:

Lexham English Bible
And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall say, saying,

Literal Translation
You shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But as for Semeia the Nehelamite, thou shalt speake vnto him:

American Standard Version
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,

Bible in Basic English
About Shemaiah the Nehelamite.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Thus shalt thou also speake to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But as for Semeiah the Nehelamite, thou shalt speake vnto hym:

English Revised Version
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt seie to Semei Neelamyte,

Update Bible Version
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
[Thus] shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

New English Translation
The Lord told Jeremiah, "Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite

New King James Version
You shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

New Living Translation
The Lord sent this message to Shemaiah the Nehelamite in Babylon:

New Life Bible
And say to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,

New Revised Standard
To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Also unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite, shalt thou speak, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And to Semeias the Nehelamite thou shalt say:

Revised Standard Version
To Shemai'ah of Nehel'am you shall say:

Young's Literal Translation
`And unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou dost speak, saying,

THE MESSAGE
And this is the Message for Shemaiah the Nehelamite: " God -of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says: You took it on yourself to send letters to all the people in Jerusalem and to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah and the company of priests. In your letter you told Zephaniah that God set you up as priest replacing priest Jehoiadah. He's put you in charge of God 's Temple and made you responsible for locking up any crazy fellow off the street who takes it into his head to be a prophet.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

Contextual Overview

²⁴ Also give a message to Shemaiah from the Nehelam family. ²⁵ This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: "Shemaiah, you sent letters to all the people in Jerusalem and to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. You also sent letters to all the priests. You sent those letters in your own name and not by my authority. ²⁶ Shemaiah, this is what you said in your letter to Zephaniah: ‘Zephaniah, the Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada. You are to be in charge of the Lord 's Temple. You should arrest anyone who acts like a crazy person and acts like a prophet. You should put that person's feet between large blocks of wood and put neck irons on him. ²⁷ Now Jeremiah is acting like a prophet. So why didn't you arrest him? ²⁸ Jeremiah has sent this message to us in Babylon: You people in Babylon will be there for a long time, so build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what you grow.'" ²⁹ Zephaniah the priest read the letter to Jeremiah the prophet. ³⁰ Then this message from the Lord came to Jeremiah: ³¹ "Jeremiah, send this message to all the captives in Babylon: ‘This is what the Lord says about Shemaiah, the man from the Nehelam family: Shemaiah has spoken to you, but I didn't send him. He has made you believe a lie. ³² Because Shemaiah has done that, this is what the Lord says: I will soon punish Shemaiah, the man from the Nehelam family. I will completely destroy his family, and he will not share in the good things I will do for my people.'" This message is from the Lord . "‘I will punish Shemaiah because he has taught the people to turn against the Lord .'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shemaiah: Jeremiah 29:31, Jeremiah 29:32

Nehelamite: or, dreamer, Jeremiah 29:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 13:1 - a dreamer Acts 13:8 - withstood

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Sarai was Abram's wife, but she did not have any children. She had an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

Genesis 24:59
So they allowed Rebekah to go with Abraham's servant and his men. Her nurse also went with them.

Genesis 29:9
While Jacob was talking with the shepherds, Rachel came with her father's sheep. (It was her job to take care of the sheep.)

Genesis 29:12
He told her that he was from her father's family. He told her that he was the son of Rebekah. So Rachel ran home and told her father.

Genesis 46:18
All these were Jacob's sons from his wife's servant, Zilpah. (Zilpah was the maid that Laban had given to his daughter Leah.) There were 16 people in this family.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[Thus] shalt thou speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,.... Or, "the dreamer" h; because he pretended to have dreams from the Lord; or because what he delivered as prophecies were mere dreams; as that the captives should quickly return to their own land; so Kimchi: but Jarchi takes it to be the name of a place, from whence he was so called; perhaps the place of his birth, or habitation formerly; so the Targum, paraphrasing

"who was of Halem;''

he was, another of the false prophets in Babylon. This latter part of the chapter is of a later date than the former; and refers to what was done after the above letter of Jeremiah came to the captives in Babylon; and after, the return of the messengers from thence, who brought, account how it was received, and what umbrage it gave to the false prophets:

saying; as follows:

h הנחלמי "quasi" חולם "somniator somniorum", Kimchi and Ben Melech.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 29:24. Speak to Shemaiah — Zephaniah was the second priest, sagan, or chief priest's deputy, and Seraiah, high priest, when Jerusalem was taken. See Jeremiah 52:24. Shemaiah directs his letter to the former, and tells him that God had appointed him to supply the place of the high priest, who was probably then absent. His name was either Azariah or Seraiah his son, but called Jehoiada from the remarkable zeal and courage of that pontiff. See the passages in the margin. - Dodd. After the taking of Jerusalem, Zephaniah was put to death by Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, see Jeremiah 37:3. The history of Jehoiada may be seen 2 Kings 11:3, &c.