Jeremiah 29:29

New Revised Standard

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

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.

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.

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

²⁴ To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say: ²⁵ Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: In your own name you sent a letter to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying, ²⁶ The Lord himself has made you priest instead of the priest Jehoiada, so that there may be officers in the house of the Lord to control any madman who plays the prophet, to put him in the stocks and the collar. ²⁷ So now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who plays the prophet for you? ²⁸ For he has actually sent to us in Babylon, saying, "It will be a long time; build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat what they produce." ²⁹ The priest Zephaniah read this letter in the hearing of the prophet Jeremiah. ³⁰ Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ³¹ Send to all the exiles, saying, Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and has led you to trust in a lie, ³² therefore thus says the Lord : I am going to punish Shemaiah of Nehelam and his descendants; he shall not have anyone living among this people to see the good that I am going to do to my people, says the Lord , for he has spoken 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
and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well.

Genesis 29:8
But they said, "We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep."

Genesis 29:24
(Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her maid.)

Genesis 35:22
While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Genesis 35:25
The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali.

Genesis 37:2
This is the story of the family of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; he was a helper to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.

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.