Jeremiah 29 · Verse 25

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,
Jeremiah 29:25, King James Version

Jeremiah 29:25 in other translations

BSBthis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
WEB“The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
ASVThus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thine own name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
YLTThus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, saying, Because that thou hast sent in thy name letters unto all the people who are in Jerusalem, and unto Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, and unto all the priests, saying,
DARBYThus speaketh Jehovah 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,
BBEShemaiah the Nehelamite sent a letter in his name to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
WebsterThus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name to all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

What does Jeremiah 29:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 29:24-32

24-32. A second communication which Jeremiah sent to Babylon, after the messenger who carried his first letter had brought a letter from the false prophet Shemaiah to Zephaniah, &c., condemning Jeremiah and reproving the authorities for not having apprehended him. Nehelamite--a name derived either from his father or from a place: alluding at the same time to the Hebrew meaning, "a dreamer" (compare Jr 29:8).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 29:20-32

Jeremiah foretells judgments upon the false prophets, who deceived the Jews in Babylon. Lying was bad; lying to the people of the Lord, to delude them into a false hope, was worse; but pretending to rest their own lies upon the God of truth, was worst of all. They flattered others in their sins, because they could not reprove them without condemning themselves. The most secret sins are known to God; and there is a…

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Jeremiah 29:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
אָמַ֞ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָא֛וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
יַ֡עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherthatH834
אַתָּה֩'a.TahyouH859
שָׁלַ֨חְתָּsha.Lach.tayou sentH7971
בְשִׁמְכָ֜הve.shim.Khahin own name yourH8034
סְפָרִ֗יםse.fa.RimlettersH5612
אֶל\־'el-toH413
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.ru.sha.Lim[is] in JerusalemH3389
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and toH413
צְפַנְיָ֤הtze.fan.YahZephaniahH6846
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ma.'a.se.YahMaaseiahH4641
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וְאֶ֥לve.'Eland toH413
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
לֵאמֹֽר\׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 29:25

  • Jeremiah 37:3

    And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for us.

  • Jeremiah 52:24

    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

  • Jeremiah 29:29

    And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

  • Jeremiah 21:1-2

    The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

  • Nehemiah 6:17

    Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

  • Nehemiah 6:19

    Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

  • 2 Kings 19:9

    And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,

  • 2 Chronicles 32:17

    He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

  • 2 Kings 19:14

    And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

  • 2 Kings 25:18-21

    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city: And Nebuzar–adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.

  • Ezra 4:7-16

    And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time. …

  • Nehemiah 6:5

    Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

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Because.
1Ki 21:8-13; 2Ki 10:1-7; 19:9,14; 2Ch 32:17; Ezr 4:7-16; Ne 6:5,17
Ne 6:19; Ac 9:2
Zephaniah.
29; 21:1,2; 37:3; 52:24; 2Ki 25:18-21

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Context

  • Jeremiah 29:24

    Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

  • 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,

  • 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.

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Jeremiah 29:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así habló Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, diciendo: Por cuanto enviaste letras en tu nombre á todo el pueblo que está en Jerusalem, y á Sophonías sacerdote hijo de Maasías, y á todos los sacerdotes, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ainsi parle l’ Éternel des armées, le Dieu d’Israël, disant: Parce que tu as envoyé en ton nom des lettres à tout le peuple qui est à Jérusalem, et à Sophonie, fils de Maascéïa, le sacrificateur, et à tous les sacrificateurs, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871
So spricht Jehova der Heerscharen, der Gott Israels, und sagt: Weil du in deinem Namen Briefe gesandt hast an alles Volk, das in Jerusalem ist, und an den Priester Zephanja, den Sohn Maasejas, und an alle die Priester, und gesagt:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: Pro eo quod misisti in nomine tuo libros ad omnem populum qui est in Jerusalem, et ad Sophoniam filium Maasiæ sacerdotem, et ad universos sacerdotes, dicens: