26. “The Lord made you a priest in place of Jehoiada, and you are now the chief officer in the Temple. It is your duty to see that every madman who pretends to be a prophet is placed in chains with an iron collar round his neck.
27. Why haven't you done this to Jeremiah of Anathoth, who has been speaking as a prophet to the people?
28. He must be stopped because he told the people in Babylonia that they would be prisoners there a long time and should build houses, settle down, plant gardens, and eat what they grow.”
29. Zephaniah read the letter to me,
30. and then the Lord told me
31-32. to send to all the prisoners in Babylon this message about Shemaiah: “I, the Lord, will punish Shemaiah and all his descendants. I did not send him, but he spoke to you as if he were a prophet, and he made you believe lies. He will have no descendants among you. He will not live to see the good things that I am going to do for my people, because he told them to rebel against me. I, the Lord, have spoken.”