30. Then the lord gave this message to Jeremiah:
31. “Send an open letter to all the exiles in Babylon. Tell them, ‘This is what the lord says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Since he has prophesied to you when I did not send him and has tricked you into believing his lies,
32. I will punish him and his family. None of his descendants will see the good things I will do for my people, for he has incited you to rebel against me. I, the lord, have spoken!’”