“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:”
The prophecy that God will punish Shemaiah for prophesying lies in God's name establishes that false prophecy incurs divine judgment regardless of institutional support or rhetorical skill. The specific charge that Shemaiah has not been sent by God provides the fundamental criterion for his falsity, echoing the standard established earlier in chapter 28. This verse affirms that true and false prophecy will ultimately be judged by whether God commissioned the prophet.
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