27. Now Jeremiah from Anathoth is acting like a prophet. So why haven’t you arrested him?
28. Jeremiah has sent this message to us in Babylon: You will be there for a long time, so build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they grow.’ ”
29. Zephaniah the priest read the letter to Jeremiah the prophet.
30. Then the Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah:
31. “Send this message to all the captives in Babylon: ‘This is what the Lord says about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Shemaiah has prophesied to you, but I did not send him. He has made you believe a lie.
32. So the Lord says, I will soon punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his family. He will not see the good things I will do for my people, says the Lord. None of his family will be left alive among the people, because he has taught the people to turn against me.’ ”