Jeremiah:29

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* And these are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity , and to the priests , and to the prophets , and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon * (after that Jeconiah the king , and the queen , and the eunuchs , the princes of Judah and Jerusalem , and the craftsmen , and the smiths , had departed from Jerusalem ); * by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan , and Gemariah the son of Hilkijah (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon , unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ), saying , * Thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel , unto all the captivity , whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon : * Build houses , and dwell in them , and plant gardens , and eat the fruit of them . * Take 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 ; and multiply there , and be not diminished . * And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive , and pray unto Jehovah for it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace . * For thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel : Let not your prophets that are in your midst , nor your diviners deceive you , neither hearken to your dreams , which ye like to dream . * For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name : I have not sent them , saith Jehovah . * For thus saith Jehovah : When seventy years shall be accomplished for Babylon I will visit you , and perform my good word toward you , in bringing you back to this place . * For I know the thoughts that I think toward you , saith Jehovah , thoughts of peace , and not of evil , to give you in your latter end a hope . * And ye shall call upon me , and ye shall go and pray unto me , and I will hearken unto you ; * and ye shall seek me and find me , for ye shall search for me with all your heart , * and I will be found of you , saith Jehovah . And I will turn your captivity , and I will gather you from all the nations , and from all the places whither I have driven you , saith Jehovah ; and I will bring you again into the place whence I have caused you to be carried away captive . * If ye say , Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon ; * yea , thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David , and concerning all the people that dwell in this city , your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity ; * thus saith Jehovah of hosts : Behold , I will send against them the sword , the famine , and the pestilence , and will make them like the vile figs , that cannot be eaten for badness . * And I will pursue them with the sword , with the famine , and with the pestilence , and will give them over to be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth , to be an execration , and an astonishment , and a hissing , and a reproach , among all the nations whither I will drive them : * because they have not hearkened to my words , saith Jehovah , wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets , rising early and sending ; but ye have not hearkened , saith Jehovah . * But ye , all ye of the captivity , whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon , hear the word of Jehovah . * Thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel , concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah , and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah , who prophesy falsehood unto you in my name : Behold , I will give them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon , and he shall smite them before your eyes . * And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah that are in Babylon , saying , Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab , whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire ; * because they have committed infamy in Israel , and have committed adultery with their neighbours ' wives , and have spoken words of falsehood in my name , which I had not commanded them : and I [am ] he that knoweth , and [am ] witness , saith Jehovah . * And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite , saying , * Thus speaketh Jehovah 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 , * Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest , that there should be officers [in ] the house of Jehovah , over every madman and self-made prophet , that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the shackles . * And now , why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth , who maketh himself a prophet to you ? * Forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon , saying , It will be long ; build houses , and dwell [in them ], and plant gardens , and eat the fruit of them . * -- And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of the prophet Jeremiah . * And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah , saying , * Send to all them of the captivity , saying , Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite : Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you , and I sent him not , and he hath caused you to trust in falsehood ; * therefore thus saith Jehovah : Behold , I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite , and his seed : he shall not have a man to dwell among this people ; neither shall he see the good that I will do for my people , saith Jehovah ; because he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah .

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