September 6, 2026, Jeremiah 29:24-32

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September 6, 2026, Jeremiah 29:24-32

24 To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say: 25 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 26 ‘The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to have charge in the house of the Lord over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and neck irons. 27 Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who is prophesying to you? 28 For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, “Your exile will be long; build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their produce.”’”

29 Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet. 30 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 31 “Send to all the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah had prophesied to you when I did not send him, and has made you trust in a lie, 32 therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah of Nehelam and his descendants. He shall not have anyone living among this people, and he shall not see the good that I will do to my people, declares the Lord, for he has spoken rebellion against the Lord.’”

Jeremiah 29:24-32 serves as a divine confrontation against Shemaiah the Nehlaminte, a self-appointed leader in Babylon who tried to use interstitial religious power to silence Jeremiah and reject God’s seventy-year timeline.

●       Jeremiah told the exile to settle down and bloom where they were planted during a long discipline, while Shemaiah fought against it in verse 28.   When you find yourself in a long, difficult season of waiting for displacement, do you look for a way to build and grow, or do you waste your energy rebelling against the situation?

●       The Hebrew concept of “trust” used in Verse 31 describes leaning our full weight on something with absolute confidence.  What are you currently leaving your ultimate weight on for your future stability - god’s solid promise, or the fragile, optimistic “likes” of human convenience and quick fixes?

Robin Adams

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