Jeremiah 29:31

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Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn't send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;

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Babylon was the Mesopotamian imperial capital where many Judeans lived in exile after Jerusalem’s fall; Jerusalem was Judah’s covenant center and the city from which Jeremiah’s letter came. In this passage, the contrast underscores that Shemaiah’s false message reached the exiles while Jeremiah spoke with God-given authority from Jerusalem.

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Jeremiah 29:31 mentions Babylon and Jerusalem.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Jerusalem · Godot13

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