C. A Second Letter to Babylon Jeremiah 29:30-32

TRANSLATION

(30) And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, (31) send unto all the captives, saying, Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and he has caused you to trust a falsehood; (32) therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I am about to bring punishment upon Shemaiah the Nehelamite and upon his seed; he shall not have a male descendant dwelling among this people, and he shall not look with pleasure on the good which I shall do for My people (oracle of the LORD), for he has spoken rebellion against the LORD.

COMMENTS

Jeremiah received an oracle from the Lord concerning Shemaiah and proceeded to send a second letter to the captives. In it he affirms that the Lord will punish Shemaiah for perpetuating the delusion of a short captivity and encouraging the Jews there to rebel against Babylon. The punishment is two-fold: (1) Shemaiah would be deprived of descendants to carry on his name, and (2) he would not live to see the restoration of the people to their own land at the end of the seventy years of captivity (Jeremiah 29:32).

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