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## Jeremiah 29:25-28 in Context (Verses 22–31 KJV)
 
 [22 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/22) And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which *are* in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
 
 [23 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/23) Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and *am* a witness, saith the LORD.
 
 [24 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/24) ¶ *Thus* shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,*
 
 [25 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/25) 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,
 
 [26 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/26) The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man *that is* mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
 
 [27 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/27) Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
 
 [28 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/28) For therefore he sent unto us *in* Babylon, saying, This *captivity is* long: build ye houses, and dwell *in them;* and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
 
 [29 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/29) And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
 
 [30 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/30) ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
 
 [31 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/31) 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:
 
[Jeremiah 28](/kjv/jeremiah/28) [Jeremiah 30](/kjv/jeremiah/30)

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