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Jeremiah 29:32

in Jeremiah 29

this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do unto my people, saith Jehovah, because he hath spoken rebellion against Jehovah.

KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the Lord; because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord.

This verse in Jeremiah 29

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

I will punish Shemaiah - 1. He shall have no posterity to succeed him. 2. His family, i.e., relations, etc., shall not be found among those whom I shall bring back from captivity. 3. Nor shall he himself see the good that I shall do for my people. And all this shall come upon him and his because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord. He excited the people to reject Jeremiah, and to receive the lying words of the false prophets; and these led them to rebel.

This site's exposition

Zephaniah the priest, however, had read

on Jeremiah 29:29-32

Zephaniah the priest reads Shemaiah's letter to Jeremiah. Shemaiah is charged like Hananiah before him, “he has preached rebellion against the LORD,” and he has made the exiles “trust in a lie.” His sentence cuts him out of the future his letter claimed to hasten.

This site's exposition

I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite

Adam Clarke lists three parts of the punishment: the LORD will punish Shemaiah and “his descendants.” He will have “no one left among this people,” and he will never “see the good that I will bring to My people.” The charge is the one laid on Hananiah at 28:16.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 30 and following) And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying: Send to all the exiles, saying: Thus says the Lord to Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and made you trust in a lie, therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah of Nehelam and his descendants.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Those are unworthy to share in God's favours to his church that are not willing to stay his time for them. Shemaiah was angry at Jeremiah's advice to the captives to see to the building up of their families in Babylon, that they might be increased and not diminished, and therefore justly is he written childless there.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Advice to the Captives in Babylon. 1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;

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The words behind it

33 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • לָכֵ֞ן<to> therefore

    lakhenH3651 →771 times

  • כֹּֽה־thus

    koh-H3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֣רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • הִנְנִ֨יhere I

    hiniH2005 →316 times

  • פֹקֵ֜ד[am] about to visit [judgment]

    fokedH6485 →303 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • שְׁמַעְיָ֣הShemaiah

    shema'yahH8098 →41 times

  • הַנֶּחֱלָמִי֮the Nehelamite

    hanechelamiH5161 →3 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • זַרְעוֹ֒offspring his

    zaroH2233 →229 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יִהְיֶ֨הhe will belong

    yihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • ל֜וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • אִ֣ישׁ׀anyone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • יוֹשֵׁ֣ב׀dwelling

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • בְּתוֹךְ־in among

    betokh-H8432 →418 times

  • הָעָ֣םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • הַזֶּ֗ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יִרְאֶ֥הhe will look

    yirehH7200 →1300 times

  • בַטּ֛וֹבon the good

    vatovH2896 →538 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • אֲנִ֥יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • עֹשֶֽׂה־[will be] doing

    ʾoseh-H6213 →2628 times

  • לְעַמִּ֖יfor people my

    leamiH5971 →1873 times

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • סָרָ֥הrebellion

    sarahH5627 →

  • דִבֶּ֖רhe has spoken

    diberH1696 →1141 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 22:30

    This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 36:30

      Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by…

    • Psalms 94:20

      Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?

  • Through

    Jeremiah 17:6

    He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

    it leads to

    • Job 20:17

      He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

    • Deuteronomy 29:23

      All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the…

    • Psalms 1:4

      Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

    • Job 39:6

      I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.

    • Job 8:11–13

      Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

  • Through

    Jeremiah 28:16

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 7:4

      For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.