- Bible
- Jeremiah
- Chapter 29
- Verse 24
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Gill's Exposition
Thus shalt thou speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,.... Or, "the dreamer" (h); because he pretended to have dreams from the Lord; or because what he delivered as prophecies were mere dreams; as that the…
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. Jer 29:24…
We have perused the contents of Jeremiah's letter to the captives in Babylon, who had reason, with a great deal of thanks to God and him, to acknowledge the receipt of it, and lay it up among their…
Shemaiah the Nehelamite rebuked and threatened.
On the arrival at Babylon of Jeremiah's letter, which ends with Jer 29:29, there is much indignation on the part of the false prophets, and one of…