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JER-29:1 Now these [are] the words of the letter that Jeremiah
the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders
which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the
prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried
away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
JER-29:2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the
eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters,
and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
JER-29:3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah
the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto
Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
JER-29:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto
all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be
carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
JER-29:5 Build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens,
and eat the fruit of them;
JER-29:6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take
wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that
they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there,
and not diminished.
JER-29:7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused
you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it:
for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
JER-29:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Let not your prophets and your diviners, that [be] in the midst
of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye
cause to be dreamed.
JER-29:9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have
not sent them, saith the LORD.
JER-29:10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be
accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good
word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
JER-29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith
the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an
expected end.
JER-29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray
unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
JER-29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall
search for me with all your heart.
JER-29:14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will
turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the
nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you,
saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence
I caused you to be carried away captive.
JER-29:15 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up
prophets in Babylon;
JER-29:16 [Know] that thus saith the LORD of the king that
sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that
dwelleth in this city, [and] of your brethren that are not gone
forth with you into captivity;
JER-29:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon
them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make
them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
JER-29:18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the
famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be
removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an
astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the
nations whither I have driven them:
JER-29:19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the
LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising
up early and sending [them]; but ye would not hear, saith the
LORD.
JER-29:20 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the
captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
JER-29:21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of
Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah,
which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver
them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he
shall slay them before your eyes;
JER-29:22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the
captivity of Judah which [are] in Babylon, saying, The LORD make
thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon
roasted in the fire;
JER-29:23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and
have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have
spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them;
even I know, and [am] a witness, saith the LORD.
JER-29:24 [Thus] shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the
Nehelamite, saying,
JER-29:25 Thus speaketh the LORD 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,
JER-29:26 The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of
Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of
the LORD, for every man [that is] mad, and maketh himself a
prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the
stocks.
JER-29:27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of
Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
JER-29:28 For therefore he sent unto us [in] Babylon, saying,
This [captivity is] long: build ye houses, and dwell [in them];
and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
JER-29:29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears
of Jeremiah the prophet.
JER-29:30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
JER-29:31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith
the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that
Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he
caused you to trust in a lie:
JER-29:32 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish
Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man
to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good
that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath
taught rebellion against the LORD.
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