Jeremiah 29:24-29 - Shemaiah's Letter To Zephaniah The Priest
24 "You are to say to Shemaiah of Nehelam: 25 "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Because you sent letters in your own name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, to Maaseiah's son Zephaniah the priest and to all the priests 26 The LORD made you a priest instead of Jehoiada the priest to serve in the LORD's Temple as an official against every crazy prophet, and to put him in stocks and restraints. 27 And now, why didn't you rebuke Jeremiah from Anathoth who prophesies to you? 28 So he sent a message to us in Babylon: "The exile will be long, so build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce.'"'"
29 Then Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet,