24-32. A second communication which Jeremiah sent to Babylon, after
the messenger who carried his first letter had brought a letter from the
false prophet Shemaiah to Zephaniah, &c., condemning Jeremiah and
reproving the authorities for not having apprehended him.
Nehelamite--a name derived either from his father or from a place:
alluding at the same time to the Hebrew meaning, "a dreamer"
(compare
Jer 29:8).
JFB.
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