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Jeremiah 29:32

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.

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KJV King James Version

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”

WEB World English Bible

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.

ASV American Standard Version

therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do unto my people, saith Jehovah, because he hath spoken rebellion against Jehovah.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am seeing after Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and after his seed, he hath none dwelling in the midst of this people, nor doth he look on the good that I am doing to My people—an affirmation of Jehovah—for apostasy he hath spoken against Jehovah.’

Surrounding context — Jeremiah 29

29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:

32 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.

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לָכֵ֞ןH3651 · kenright כֹּֽה־H3541 · kohthus אָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto say יְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD הִנְנִ֨יH2005 · henlook!פֹקֵ֜דH6485 · pa.qadto reckon: list עַל־H5921 · alupon שְׁמַעְיָ֣הH8098 · she.ma.yahShemaiah הַנֶּחֱלָמִי֮H5161 · ne.che.la.miNehelam וְעַל־H5921 · alupon זַרְעוֹ֒H2233 · ze.raseed לֹא־H3808 · lonot יִהְיֶ֨הH1961 · ha.yahto be ל֜וֹH9033 · ohim אִ֣ישׁ׀H376 · ishman יוֹשֵׁ֣ב׀H3427 · ya.shavto dwell בְּתוֹךְ־H8432 · ta.vekhmidst הָעָ֣םH5971 · ampeople הַזֶּ֗הH2088 · zehthis וְלֹֽא־H3808 · lonot יִרְאֶ֥הH7200 · ra.ahto see: see בַטּ֛וֹבH2896 · tovpleasant אֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhich אֲנִ֥יH589 · a.niI עֹשֶֽׂה־H6213 · a.sahto make: do לְעַמִּ֖יH5971 · ampeople נְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutterance יְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD כִּֽי־H3588 · kifor סָרָ֥הH5627 · sa.rahrevolt דִבֶּ֖רH1696 · da.varto speak: speak עַל־H5921 · alupon יְהוָֽה׃ סH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD

Cross-references

Jeremiah 28:16Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.Jeremiah 17:6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, [in] a salt land and not inhabited.2 Kings 7:19-20And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, [if] the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.2 Kings 7:2Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, [if] the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.1 Samuel 2:30-34Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed [that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.Jeremiah 22:30Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man [that] shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.2 Kings 5:27The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.Amos 7:17Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.Psalm 109:8-15Let his days be few; [and] let another take his office.Joshua 7:24-25And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.Isaiah 14:20Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, [and] slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.Jeremiah 35:19Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.Jeremiah 20:6And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;Numbers 16:27-33So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.Jeremiah 29:10-14For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.Isaiah 14:22For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

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