Jeremiah:29:1-23
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Now these ,
are the ,
words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem ,
unto the residue of the elders of the captivity ,
and unto the priests and unto the prophets and unto all the people ,
whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon ;
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after that Jeconiah the king and the queen-mother and the eunuchs the princes of Judah and Jerusalem and the craftsmen and the smiths ,
had gone forth from Jerusalem ;
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by the hand of Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah ,
whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ,
saying :
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Thus ,
saith Yahweh of hosts ,
God of Israel ,
Unto all the captivity whom I have suffered to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon :
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Build ye houses and dwell in them ,
And plant ye gardens and eat the fruit thereof ;
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Take ye wives and beget sons and daughters ,
And take wives ,
for your sons ,
and ,
your daughters ,
give ye to husbands ,
That they may bear sons and daughters ,
And so become ye many there and do not become few ;
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And seek the welfare of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives ,
and pray for her unto Yahweh ,
For in her welfare ,
shall ye have welfare .
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For Thus ,
saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel ,
Let not your prophets that are in your midst nor your diviners beguile you ,
Neither hearken ye unto your dreams which ye are dreaming ;
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For falsely ,
are they prophesying unto you in my name ,
I have not sent them ,
Declareth Yahweh .
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For ,
thus ,
saith Yahweh ,
That as soon as there are fulfilled to Babylon seventy years ,
I will visit you ,
and establish for you my good word ,
by causing you to return unto this place .
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For ,
I ,
know the plans which I am planning for you Declareth Yahweh ,
Plans of welfare and not of calamity ,
To give you a future and a hope .
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So shall ye call upon me ,
And go and pray unto me ,
And I will hearken unto you ;
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So shall ye seek me and find ,
For ye will enquire after me with all your heart ;
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And I will be found of you ,
Declareth Yahweh ,
And will turn back your captivity ,
And will gather you out of all the nations and out of all the places whither I have driven you ,
Declareth Yahweh ,
And will bring you back into the place whence I had caused you to be carried away captive :
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Because ye have said ,
Yahweh hath raised us up prophets in Babylon .
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For ,
thus ,
saith Yahweh Against the king who is sitting on the throne of David ,
and Against all the people who are remaining in this city ,
your brethren who have not gone forth with you into captivity :
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Thus ,
saith Yahweh of hosts ,
Behold me !
sending upon them sword famine ,
and pestilence ,
So will I make them like the horrid figs ,
that cannot be eaten for badness ;
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Therefore will I pursue them with sword with famine and with pestilence ,
And will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth A curse and an astonishment and a hissing and a reproach ,
among all the nations whither I have driven them :
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Because they hearkened not unto my words Declareth Yahweh ,
which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets ,
betimes ,
sending them yet hearkened they not Declareth Yahweh .
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Ye ,
therefore ,
hear ye the word of Yahweh ,
all ye of the captivity ,
whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon :
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Thus ,
saith Yahweh of hosts ,
God of Israel Concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah ,
and concerning Zedekiah son of Maaseiah ,
who are prophesying to you in my name ,
a falsehood ,
Behold me !
delivering them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ,
and he will smite them before your eyes :
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So shall there be taken upfrom thema curse ,
by all of the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon saying ,
Yahweh make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab ,
Whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire !
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Because they have committed vileness in Israel And have committed adultery with the wives of their neighbours ,
And have spoken as a word in my name a falsehood ,
which I commanded them not ,
And ,
I ,
am one who knowethand a witness Declareth Yahweh .
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