Shemaiah the Nehelamite

Family: Judah · Role: prophet · First appears: Jeremiah 29

In Jeremiah 29, Shemaiah the Nehelamite sent letters in his own name to Zephaniah, beginning, “Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest.” He commanded Zephaniah to imprison and confine anyone who was mad or claimed to be a prophet.

God judged Shemaiah and his descendants, declaring, “Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed.” Shemaiah’s descendants would have no man dwelling among the people, and Shemaiah would not see the good God would do for them.

Relationship record

Life events

• God sentenced Shemaiah and his descendants to punishment and exclusion from the people’s future good.(Jeremiah 29)
  • With: God
  • “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;”

Jeremiah 29

• sent-one: Zephaniah “Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest”
• subordinate: Zephaniah “The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.”
• judge: God “Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed”

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Extracted from the original text of The Prophets. Made with Rho MD.