A Tale of Two Letters
Jeremiah 29
God’s counsel for those taken captive by Babylon (v. 1-23)
- Build houses
- Plant gardens
- Get married
- Have children
- Live in peace with your new neighbors
- Pray for peace
- Don’t be misled by false prophets
- Wait until your 70-year sentence has been fulfilled
- Know that I have not forgotten you
- Call upon me, pray; and I will answer you and deliver you
- Be warned that those who resisted my counsel will suffer in Israel
Pseudo-scriptures of Shemiah (v. 24-32)
- Published widely
- Professing to be God’s spokesman
- Pushing others to stop Jeremiah and rebel against God
- Proudly lying and endangering others
- Punished accordingly
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