Thus shall you also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
Thus shall you also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,
About Shemaiah the Nehelamite.
Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,
Speak to Shemaiah - Zephaniah was the second priest, sagan, or chief priest's deputy, and Seraiah, high priest, when Jerusalem was taken. See Jeremiah 52:24. Shemaiah directs his letter to the former, and tells him that God had appointed him to supply the place of the high priest, who was probably then absent. His name was either Azariah or Seraiah his son, but called Jehoiada from the remarkable zeal and courage of that pontiff. See the passages in the margin. - Dodd. After the taking of Jerusalem, Zephaniah was put to death by Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, see Jeremiah 37:3. The history of Jehoiada may be seen 2 Kings 11:3, etc.
A narrative showing the effects of Jeremiah's letter. Shemaiah the leader of the false prophets wrote to Zephaniah, urging him to restrain the prophet's zeal with the prison and the stocks.
Jeremiah 29:24
To Shemaiah - Rather, concerning.
The Nehelamite - Not as in the margin; but one belonging to the village of Nehlam (unknown).
29:24 Nehelamite - It is probable there was such a place as Nehelam, from whence he was.