Jeremiah 29:25 (DBY)

Passage

Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, 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, and to all the priests, saying,

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 29:23 because they have committed infamy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken words of falsehood in my name, which I had not commanded them: and I [am] he that knoweth, and [am] witness, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 29:24 And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

Jeremiah 29:25 Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, 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, and to all the priests, saying,

Jeremiah 29:26 Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers [in] the house of Jehovah, over every madman and self-made prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the shackles.

Jeremiah 29:27 And now, why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "speaketh", "jehovah", "hosts", "israel", "saying", "thou", and "hast". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "speaketh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the..." into verse 26's "Jehovah hath made thee priest in the...", so "thus" and "speaketh" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thus" and "speaketh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.