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:
Send this message to all the people in exile: 'This is what the LORD says about Shemaiah from Nehelam: Because Shemaiah has spoken prophecies to you when I did not send him, and he has made you believe lies,'
God is calling out a false prophet named Shemaiah who was giving the exiled people messages that weren't from God, making them believe things that weren't true.
📚 Historical Context
During the Babylonian exile in the 6th century BC, the Jewish people were living as captives in a foreign land after Jerusalem's fall, and false prophets like Shemaiah were emerging to give misleading messages that offered false hope. Jeremiah, a true prophet commissioned by God, sent this warning to the exiles to expose Shemaiah's deception and emphasize that God had not sent him. This verse fits into a larger biblical narrative where God addresses the dangers of false prophecy amid national crisis.
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