Jeremiah 29:32

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therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says Yahweh, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh.

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Babylon was the Mesopotamian imperial capital where many Judeans lived in exile after Jerusalem’s fall. Jerusalem remained Judah’s covenant center, and Jeremiah 29:32 contrasts Babylon’s false prophet Shemaiah with God’s promised future good for his people.

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Jeremiah 29:32 mentions Babylon and Jerusalem.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
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