Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 29:24 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 24. 24Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
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Role in This Section
The narrated crisis and constrained human response states or reports “Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying” at Jeremiah 29:24 as a specific part of “Shemaiah Tries to Have Jeremiah Restrained.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 29:24–29
Read Jeremiah 29:24 inside Jeremiah 29:24–29. The narrated crisis and constrained human response states or reports “Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying” at Jeremiah 29:24 as a specific part of “Shemaiah Tries to Have Jeremiah Restrained.” The complete unit establishes: An exilic letter-writer rebukes priest Zephaniah for failing to imprison Jeremiah as a madman, and the hostile letter is read to Jeremiah.
Why It Needs Context
The narrated crisis and constrained human response states or reports “Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying” at Jeremiah 29:24 as a specific part of “Shemaiah Tries to Have Jeremiah Restrained.” Its force depends on the complete movement and outcome of Jeremiah 29:24–29; the isolated line is connective rather than a complete teaching claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 29:24–29 — Shemaiah Tries to Have Jeremiah RestrainedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 29:24–29, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 29:24–29
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