The word which came to Yirmeyahu from the LORD, when king Tzidkiyahu sent to him Pashchur the son of Malkiyah, and Tzefanyah the son of Ma`aseyah, the Kohen, saying,
Now these are the words of the letter that Yirmeyahu the prophet sent from Yerushalayim to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the Kohanim, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nevukhadnetzar 1 had carried away captive from Yerushalayim to Bavel,
Thus speaks the LORD of Armies, the God of Yisra'el, saying, Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Yerushalayim, and to Tzefanyah the son of Ma`aseyah, the Kohen, and to all the Kohanim, saying,