Jeremiah 29:27-29

Contemporary English Version

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.