Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn’t send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;
The Lord's judgment on Shemaiah is clear: he shall have no child left among the people, and he himself shall never see the redemption He will bring to Israel. His race is cut off, and he is shut out from the very blessing he pretended to prophesy. This is what comes of rebellion against the Lord's word.
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Commenting on Jeremiah 29:30-32
The Lord sends word to all the captives so they know Shemaiah is false and see how He resents his lies. The prophet writes in God's name to declare the judgment coming on Shemaiah and his line for prophesying without being sent and deceiving the people into trusting a lie, that they would return to Jerusalem in mere months.
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Jeremiah speaks God's judgment plainly and briefly because there is no room for dispute: this impostor dared usurp God's name and overthrow His confirmed truth. The Lord will strip Shemaiah of posterity and deny him the mercy He means to grant His people after seventy years. His sin was twofold: abusing God's name and deceiving the captives with vain hope, making his falsehood doubly heinous.
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