³¹ ‘Send a message to all the exiles, saying, “This is what the Lord says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and made you trust a lie,^(A)

²² Because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (when I intended no distress),^(A) and because you have supported^[a] the wicked^(B) person so that he does not turn from his evil way to save his life,