Jeremiah 29
WEB·Jeremiah 29
1Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,
KJVNow these are the wordsH1697 of the letterH5612 that JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030 sentH7971(H8804) from JerusalemH3389 unto the residueH3499 of the eldersH2205 which were carried away captivesH1473, and to the priestsH3548, and to the prophetsH5030, and to all the peopleH5971 whom NebuchadnezzarH5019 had carried away captiveH1540(H8689) from JerusalemH3389 to BabylonH894;
2 (after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem),
KJV(AfterH310 that JeconiahH3204 the kingH4428, and the queenH1377, and the eunuchsH5631, the princesH8269 of JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389, and the carpentersH2796, and the smithsH4525, were departedH3318(H8800) from JerusalemH3389;)
3 by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon). It said:
KJVBy the handH3027 of ElasahH501 the sonH1121 of ShaphanH8227, and GemariahH1587 the sonH1121 of HilkiahH2518,(whom ZedekiahH6667 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 sentH7971(H8804) unto BabylonH894 to NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894) sayingH559(H8800),
4 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the captives whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:
KJVThus saithH559(H8804) the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, unto all that are carried away captivesH1473, whom I have caused to be carried awayH1540(H8689) from JerusalemH3389 unto BabylonH894;
5 “Build houses and dwell in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.
KJVBuildH1129(H8798) ye housesH1004, and dwellH3427(H8798) in them; and plantH5193(H8798) gardensH1593, and eatH398(H8798) the fruitH6529 of them;
6 Take wives and father sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters. Multiply there, and don’t be diminished.
KJVTakeH3947(H8798) ye wivesH802, and begetH3205(H8685) sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323; and takeH3947(H8798) wivesH802 for your sonsH1121, and giveH5414(H8798) your daughtersH1323 to husbandsH582, that they may bearH3205(H8799) sonsH1121 and daughtersH1121; that ye may be increasedH7235(H8798) there, and not diminishedH4591(H8799).
7 Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you will have peace.”
KJVAnd seekH1875(H8798) the peaceH7965 of the cityH5892 whither I have caused you to be carried away captivesH1540(H8689), and prayH6419(H8690) unto the LORDH3068 for it: for in the peaceH7965 thereof shall ye have peaceH7965.
8 For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you. Don’t listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
KJVFor thus saithH559(H8804) the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478; Let not your prophetsH5030 and your divinersH7080(H8802), that be in the midstH7130 of you, deceiveH5377(H8686) you, neither hearkenH8085(H8799) to your dreamsH2472 which ye cause to be dreamedH2492(H8688).
9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name. I have not sent them,” says Yahweh.
KJVFor they prophesyH5012(H8737) falselyH8267 unto you in my nameH8034: I have not sentH7971(H8804) them, saithH5002(H8803) the LORDH3068.
10 For Yahweh says, “After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
KJVFor thus saithH559(H8804) the LORDH3068, That afterH6310 seventyH7657 yearsH8141 be accomplishedH4390(H8800) at BabylonH894 I will visitH6485(H8799) you, and performH6965(H8689) my goodH2896 wordH1697 toward you, in causing you to returnH7725(H8687) to this placeH4725.
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
KJVFor I knowH3045(H8804) the thoughtsH4284 that I thinkH2803(H8802) toward you, saithH5002(H8803) the LORDH3068, thoughtsH4284 of peaceH7965, and not of evilH7451, to giveH5414(H8800) you an expectedH8615 endH319.
12 You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
KJVThen shall ye callH7121(H8804) upon me, and ye shall goH1980(H8804) and prayH6419(H8694) unto me, and I will hearkenH8085(H8804) unto you.
13 You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
KJVAnd ye shall seekH1245(H8765) me, and findH4672(H8804) me, when ye shall searchH1875(H8799) for me with all your heartH3824.
14 I will be found by you,” says Yahweh, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you,” says Yahweh. “I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.”
KJVAnd I will be foundH4672(H8738) of you, saithH5002(H8803) the LORDH3068: and I will turn awayH7725(H8804) your captivityH7622(H8675)H7622, and I will gatherH6908(H8765) you from all the nationsH1471, and from all the placesH4725 whither I have drivenH5080(H8689) you, saithH5002(H8803) the LORDH3068; and I will bring you againH7725(H8689) into the placeH4725 whence I caused you to be carried away captiveH1540(H8689).
15 Because you have said, “Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon,”
KJVBecause ye have saidH559(H8804), The LORDH3068 hath raised us upH6965(H8689) prophetsH5030 in BabylonH894;
16 Yahweh says concerning the king who sits on David’s throne, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven’t gone with you into captivity,
KJVKnow that thus saithH559(H8804) the LORDH3068 of the kingH4428 that sittethH3427(H8802) upon the throneH3678 of DavidH1732, and of all the peopleH5971 that dwellethH3427(H8802) in this cityH5892, and of your brethrenH251 that are not gone forthH3318(H8804) with you into captivityH1473;
17 Yahweh of Armies says: “Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that can’t be eaten, they are so bad.
KJVThus saithH559(H8804) the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635; Behold, I will sendH7971(H8764) upon them the swordH2719, the famineH7458, and the pestilenceH1698, and will makeH5414(H8804) them like vileH8182 figsH8384, that cannot be eatenH398(H8735), they are so evilH7455.
18 I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,
KJVAnd I will persecuteH7291(H8804) themH310 with the swordH2719, with the famineH7458, and with the pestilenceH1698, and will deliverH5414(H8804) them to be removedH2189(H8675)H2113 to all the kingdomsH4467 of the earthH776, to be a curseH423, and an astonishmentH8047, and an hissingH8322, and a reproachH2781, among all the nationsH1471 whither I have drivenH5080(H8689) them:
19 because they have not listened to my words,” says Yahweh, “with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear,” says Yahweh.
KJVBecause they have not hearkenedH8085(H8804) to my wordsH1697, saithH5002(H8803) the LORDH3068, which I sentH7971(H8804) unto them by my servantsH5650 the prophetsH5030, rising up earlyH7925(H8687) and sendingH7971(H8800) them; but ye would not hearH8085(H8804), saithH5002(H8803) the LORDH3068.
20 Hear therefore Yahweh’s word, all you captives whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
KJVHearH8085(H8798) ye therefore the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068, all ye of the captivityH1473, whom I have sentH7971(H8765) from JerusalemH3389 to BabylonH894:
21 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: “Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he will kill them before your eyes.
KJVThus saithH559(H8804) the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, of AhabH256 the sonH1121 of KolaiahH6964, and of ZedekiahH6667 the sonH1121 of MaaseiahH4641, which prophesyH5012(H8737) a lieH8267 unto you in my nameH8034; Behold, I will deliverH5414(H8802) them into the handH3027 of NebuchadrezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894; and he shall slayH5221(H8689) them before your eyesH5869;
22 A curse will be taken up about them by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;’
KJVAnd of them shall be taken upH3947(H8795) a curseH7045 by all the captivityH1546 of JudahH3063 which are in BabylonH894, sayingH559(H8800), The LORDH3068 makeH7760(H8799) thee like ZedekiahH6667 and like AhabH256, whom the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 roastedH7033(H8804) in the fireH784;
23 because they have done foolish things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I didn’t command them. I am he who knows, and am witness,” says Yahweh.
KJVBecause they have committedH6213(H8804) villanyH5039 in IsraelH3478, and have committedH6213(H8804) adulteryH5003(H8762) with their neighboursH7453' wivesH802, and have spokenH1696(H8762) lyingH8267 wordsH1697 in my nameH8034, which I have not commandedH6680(H8765) them; even I knowH3045(H8802), and am a witnessH5707, saithH5002(H8803) the LORDH3068.
24 Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
KJVThus shalt thou also speakH559(H8799) to ShemaiahH8098 the NehelamiteH5161, sayingH559(H8800),
25 “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
KJVThus speakethH559(H8804) the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, sayingH559(H8800), Because thou hast sentH7971(H8804) lettersH5612 in thy nameH8034 unto all the peopleH5971 that are at JerusalemH3389, and to ZephaniahH6846 the sonH1121 of MaaseiahH4641 the priestH3548, and to all the priestsH3548, sayingH559(H8800),
26 “Yahweh has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in Yahweh’s house, for every man who is crazy and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
KJVThe LORDH3068 hath madeH5414(H8804) thee priestH3548 in the stead of JehoiadaH3077 the priestH3548, that ye should be officersH6496 in the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068, for every manH376 that is madH7696(H8794), and maketh himself a prophetH5012(H8693), that thou shouldest putH5414(H8804) him in prisonH4115, and in the stocksH6729.
27 Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
KJVNow therefore why hast thou not reprovedH1605(H8804) JeremiahH3414 of AnathothH6069, which maketh himself a prophetH5012(H8693) to you?
28 because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, The captivity is long. Build houses, and dwell in them. Plant gardens, and eat their fruit?”’”
KJVFor therefore he sentH7971(H8804) unto us in BabylonH894, sayingH559(H8800), ThisH1931 captivity is longH752: buildH1129(H8798) ye housesH1004, and dwellH3427(H8798) in them; and plantH5193(H8798) gardensH1593, and eatH398(H8798) the fruitH6529 of them.
29 Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.
KJVAnd ZephaniahH6846 the priestH3548 readH7121(H8799) this letterH5612 in the earsH241 of JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030.
30 Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
KJVThen came the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 unto JeremiahH3414, sayingH559(H8800),
31 “Send to all of the captives, saying, ‘Yahweh says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: “Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn’t send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie,”
KJVSendH7971(H8798) to all them of the captivityH1473, sayingH559(H8800), Thus saithH559(H8804) the LORDH3068 concerning ShemaiahH8098 the NehelamiteH5161; Because that ShemaiahH8098 hath prophesiedH5012(H8738) unto you, and I sentH7971(H8804) him not, and he caused you to trustH982(H8686) in a lieH8267:
32 therefore Yahweh says, “Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his offspring. He will not have a man to dwell among this people. He won’t see the good that I will do to my people,” says Yahweh, “because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh.”’”
KJVTherefore thus saithH559(H8804) the LORDH3068; Behold, I will punishH6485(H8802) ShemaiahH8098 the NehelamiteH5161, and his seedH2233: he shall not have a manH376 to dwellH3427(H8802) amongH8432 this peopleH5971; neither shall he beholdH7200(H8799) the goodH2896 that I will doH6213(H8802) for my peopleH5971, saithH5002(H8803) the LORDH3068; because he hath taughtH1696(H8765) rebellionH5627 against the LORDH3068.
Jeremiah 29
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