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Gill's Exposition
When came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah,.... After he had heard the letter read:
saying; as follows:
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…