26. “The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada to be in charge of the house of the Lord; you should put any maniac who acts like a prophet into the stocks and neck-irons.
27. So why have you not reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?
28. He has sent this message to us in Babylon: it will be a long time. Therefore build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.” ’
29. Zephaniah the priest, however, read the letter to Jeremiah the prophet.
30. Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
31. ‘Send this message to all the exiles: “This is what the Lord says about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, even though I did not send him, and has persuaded you to trust in lies,