23. Because they have done nevalah (a foul deed, outrage) in Yisroel, and have committed ni'uf with their neighbors' nashim, and have spoken davar sheker in My Name, which I have not commanded them; I know, and am Ed (Witness), saith Hashem.
24. Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiyahu the Nechelami, saying,
25. Thus speaketh Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel, saying, Because thou hast sent sefarim in thy shem unto kol HaAm that are in Yerushalayim, and to Tzephanyah Ben Maaseiyah the kohen, and to all the kohanim, saying,
26. Hashem hath made thee kohen in the place of Yehoyada the kohen, that there should be pekidim (officers) in the Beis Hashem, over every ish that is meshuggah (mad, insane), and maketh himself a navi, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks, and in the neck iron.
27. Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Yirmeyah of Anatot, which maketh himself a navi to you?
28. For therefore he sent unto us in Bavel, saying, This captivity is long; build ye batim (houses), and dwell in them; and plant gannot (gardens), and eat the fruit of them.
29. And Tzephanyah the kohen read this sefer in the oznayim of Yirmeyah HaNavi.
30. Then came the Devar Hashem unto Yirmeyah, saying,