23 because they have done an outrageous thing in Israel, (A)they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and (B)they have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them. (C)I am the one who knows, (D)and I am witness, declares the Lord.’”

Shemaiah's False Prophecy

24 To (E)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 (F)Zephaniah the son of (G)Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

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