Jeremiah 29:24
New International Version
Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite,

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

English Standard Version
To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say:

Berean Standard Bible
You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that

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

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

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

NASB 1995
To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

NASB 1977
And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

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

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

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

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shemaia the Nekhemalite said:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And to Samaeas the Aelamite thou shalt say,

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[The LORD says,] "Say to Shemaiah from Nehelam,

International Standard Version
"You are to say to Shemaiah of Nehelam:

JPS Tanakh 1917
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying:

Literal Standard Version
And you speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

Majority Standard Bible
You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that

New American Bible
To Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, say:

NET Bible
The LORD told Jeremiah, "Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite

New Revised Standard Version
To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say:

New Heart English Bible
"Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

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

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

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

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Context
Shemaiah's Letter Against Jeremiah
24You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that 25this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:…

Cross References
Jeremiah 29:15
Because you may say, "The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,"

Jeremiah 29:31
"Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you--though I did not send him--and has made you trust in a lie,

Jeremiah 29:32
this is what the LORD says: 'I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.'"


Treasury of Scripture

Thus shall you also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

Shemaiah.

Jeremiah 29:31,32
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: …

Nehelamite.

Jeremiah 29:8
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

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Jeremiah 29
1. Jeremiah sends a letter to the captives in Babylon to be quiet there,
8. and not to believe the dreams of their prophets;
10. and that they shall return with grace after seventy years.
15. He foretells the destruction of the rest for their disobedience.
20. He shows the fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah, two false prophets.
24. Shemaiah writes a letter against Jeremiah.
30. Jeremiah foretells his doom.














(24) Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite.--It is clear that this section (Jeremiah 29:24-32) is of the nature of a fragment attached to the Epistle to Babylon on account of its associations with it, but not forming part of it. It gives, in fact (as Jeremiah 29:28 shows), the sequence of events, and so far stands in the same relation to it as the Second Epistle to the Corinthians does to the First. Jeremiah's letter had naturally roused the indignation of the rival prophets at Babylon, and they organised a movement, of which Shemaiah was the chief instigator, for his destruction. Of Shemaiah himself we know nothing more than is here recorded. The description "Nehelamite" gives us no information, as the name Nehelam does not appear as belonging to any person or place in the Old Testament. It is just possible, as in the marginal reading, that there may be a play upon the Hebrew word (Halam) for "dreamer."

Verses 24-32. - A threatening oracle against the false prophet Shemaiah. Great excitement had been caused among the so-called prophets in Babylon by the emphatic language of Jeremiah. Accordingly one of them, named Shemaiah, wrote letters to the Jews at home, and especially to a high official called Zephaniah (see on ver. 26) to put a stop to Jeremiah's bold agitation. Zephaniah, however, was not the man for whom Shemaiah took him, and read the letter to the intended victim. Upon this, Jeremiah received a special revelation, announcing dire punishment to Shemaiah and his family (according to the principle of the Divine government described in Exodus 20:5). Verse 24. - To Shemaiah; or, of, concerning (as the same preposition is rendered in vers. 16, 21, 31). The oracle itself speaks of Shemaiah in the third person (vers. 31, 32). The Authorized Version, however, can be defended by its accordance with ver. 25. The Nehelamite. This is evidently a patronymic, but whether of the family or the locality of the bearer cannot be decided. The analogy of "Jeremiah of Anathoth" (ver. 27), however, favors the view that it is local.

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Hebrew
You are to say
תֹּאמַ֥ר (tō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Shemaiah
שְׁמַעְיָ֥הוּ (šə·ma‘·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8098: Shemaiah -- 'Yah hears', the name of a number of Israelites

the Nehelamite,
הַנֶּחֱלָמִ֖י (han·ne·ḥĕ·lā·mî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5161: Nehelamite -- descriptive title for a false prophet


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