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22 And a curse will be taken up because of them by all the exiles[a] of Judah who are in Babylon, saying,[b] “May Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,” 23 because they have done a disgraceful thing in Israel, and they have committed adultery with the wives of their neighbors, and they have spoken words[c] in my name, lies[d] that I have not commanded them, and I am he who knows, and I am a witness,’ declares[e] Yahweh.”

Shemaiah’s Letter to Zephaniah the Priest

24 And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall say, saying,[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:22 Hebrew “exile”
  2. Jeremiah 29:22 Literally “to say”
  3. Jeremiah 29:23 Hebrew “word”
  4. Jeremiah 29:23 Hebrew “lie”
  5. Jeremiah 29:23 Literally “a declaration of”
  6. Jeremiah 29:24 Literally “to say”