Chapter 29 – FAMILIA MUNDIAL
1 [3] Elasah: possibly the brother of Ahikam (cf ⇒ Jeremiah 26:24). Gemariah: perhaps the son of the high priest Hilkiah; cf ⇒ 2 Kings 22:4. Zedekiah had dispatched these men to Nebuchadnezzar for some other purpose, possibly the payment of tribute, but Jeremiah took advantage of their mission to send his letter by them.
2 [26-29] The words of Jeremiah to the false prophet Shemaiah are not fully preserved in the current Hebrew text, as is seen in the incomplete sentence of this translation (⇒ Jeremiah 29:25-28). In his letter to Zephaniah Shemaiah reminds him of his authority, as Pashhur’s successor, to imprison Jeremiah. Zephaniah, however, merely reads the letter to Jeremiah but does not imprison him.