Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
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Gill's Exposition
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying,.... See Gill on Jer 29:4;
because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem; not in the name of 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…
Cambridge Bible
in thine own name not, as Jeremiah spoke, in the name of the Lord.
unto all the people that are at Jerusalem LXX rightly omit.
Zephaniah See on Jer 21:1 (which however belongs to a somewhat later time…
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