Vile figs] cp. Jeremiah 24:2. The exiles would probably already know that prophecy.

24-32. On the arrival of Jeremiah's letter at Babylon, Shemaiah had written to Zephaniah, the acting high priest (Jeremiah 52:24) at Jerusalem, to have the prophet silenced as a madman. Jeremiah, having seen the letter, writes again to denounce the writer, and foretell his punishment.

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