ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 29
1. Now these are the words[H1697] of the letter[H5612] that Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030] sent[H7971] from Jerusalem[H3389] unto the residue[H3499] of the elders[H2205] of the captivity[H1473], and to the priests[H3548], and to the prophets[H5030], and to all the people[H5971], whom Nebuchadnezzar[H5019] had carried away captive[H1540] from Jerusalem[H3389] to Babylon[H894],
2. (after[H310] that Jeconiah[H3204] the king[H4428], and the queen-mother[H1377], and the eunuchs[H5631], and the princes[H8269] of Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389], and the craftsmen[H2796], and the smiths[H4525], were departed[H3318] from Jerusalem[H3389],)
3. by the hand[H3027] of Elasah[H501] the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227], and Gemariah[H1587] the son[H1121] of Hilkiah[H2518], (whom Zedekiah[H6667] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] sent[H7971] unto Babylon[H894] to Nebuchadnezzar[H5019] king[H4428] of Babylon[H894],) saying[H559],
4. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], unto all the captivity[H1540], whom I have caused to be carried away captive[H1473] from Jerusalem[H3389] unto Babylon[H894]:
5. Build[H1129] ye houses[H1004], and dwell[H3427] in them[H5193]; and plant gardens[H1593], and eat[H398] the fruit of them[H6529].
6. Take[H3947] ye wives[H802], and beget[H3205] sons[H1121] and daughters[H1323]; and take[H3947] wives[H802] for your sons[H1121], and give[H5414] your daughters[H1323] to husbands[H582], that they may bear[H3205] sons[H1121] and daughters[H1121]; and multiply[H7235] ye there[H4591], and be not diminished.
7. And seek[H1875] the peace[H7965] of the city[H5892] whither I have caused you to be carried away captive[H1540], and pray[H6419] unto Jehovah[H3068] for it[H7965]; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace[H7965].
8. For thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]: Let not your prophets[H5030] that are in the midst[H7130] of you[H7080], and your diviners, deceive[H5377] you[H8085]; neither hearken ye to your dreams[H2472] which ye cause to be dreamed[H2492].
9. For they prophesy[H5012] falsely[H8267] unto you in my name[H8034]: I have not sent[H7971] them[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
10. For thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], After[H6310] seventy[H7657] years[H8141] are accomplished[H4390] for Babylon[H894], I will visit[H6485] you[H6965], and perform my good[H2896] word[H1697] toward you[H7725], in causing you to return to this place[H4725].
11. For I know[H3045] the thoughts[H4284] that I think[H2803] toward you[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068], thoughts[H4284] of peace[H7965], and not of evil[H7451], to give[H5414] you hope in your latter[H8615] end[H319].
12. And ye shall call[H7121] upon me[H1980], and ye shall go and pray[H6419] unto me[H8085], and I will hearken unto you.
13. And ye shall seek[H1245] me[H4672], and find me[H1875], when ye shall search for me with all your heart[H3824].
14. And I will be found[H4672] of you[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068], and I will turn again[H7725] your captivity[H7622], and I will gather[H6908] you from all the nations[H1471], and from all the places[H4725] whither I have driven[H5080] you[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068]; and I will bring you again[H7725] unto the place[H4725] whence I caused you to be carried away captive[H1540].
15. Because ye have said[H559], Jehovah[H3068] hath raised us up[H6965] prophets[H5030] in Babylon[H894];
16. thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] concerning the king[H4428] that sitteth[H3427] upon the throne[H3678] of David[H1732], and concerning all the people[H5971] that dwell[H3427] in this city[H5892], your brethren[H251] that are not gone forth[H3318] with you into captivity[H1473];
17. thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; Behold[H7971], I will send upon them the sword[H2719], the famine[H7458], and the pestilence[H1698], and will make[H5414] them like vile[H8182] figs[H8384], that cannot be eaten[H398], they are so bad[H7455].
18. And I will pursue[H7291] after them[H310] with the sword[H2719], with the famine[H7458], and with the pestilence[H1698], and will deliver[H5414] them to be tossed[H2189] to and fro among all the kingdoms[H4467] of the earth[H776], to be an execration[H423], and an astonishment[H8047], and a hissing[H8322], and a reproach[H2781], among all the nations[H1471] whither I have driven them[H5080];
19. because they have not hearkened[H8085] to my words[H1697], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], wherewith I sent[H7971] unto them my servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030], rising up early[H7925] and sending[H7971] them[H8085]; but ye would not hear, saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
20. Hear[H8085] ye therefore the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], all ye of the captivity[H1473], whom I have sent[H7971] away from Jerusalem[H3389] to Babylon[H894].
21. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], concerning Ahab[H256] the son[H1121] of Kolaiah[H6964], and concerning Zedekiah[H6667] the son[H1121] of Maaseiah[H4641], who prophesy[H5012] a lie[H8267] unto you in my name[H8034]: Behold[H5414], I will deliver them into the hand[H3027] of Nebuchadrezzar[H5019] king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]; and he shall slay[H5221] them before your eyes[H5869];
22. and of them shall be taken up[H3947] a curse[H7045] by all the captives[H1546] of Judah[H3063] that are in Babylon[H894], saying[H559], Jehovah[H3068] make[H7760] thee like Zedekiah[H6667] and like Ahab[H256], whom the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] roasted[H7033] in the fire[H784];
23. because they have wrought[H6213] folly[H5039] in Israel[H3478], and have committed[H6213] adultery[H5003] with their neighbors[H7453]' wives[H802], and have spoken[H1696] words[H1697] in my name[H8034] falsely[H8267], which I commanded[H6680] them not[H3045]; and I am he that knoweth, and am witness[H5707], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
24. And concerning Shemaiah[H8098] the Nehelamite[H5161] thou shalt speak[H559], saying[H559],
25. Thus speaketh[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], Because thou hast sent[H7971] letters[H5612] in thine own name[H8034] unto all the people[H5971] that are at Jerusalem[H3389], and to Zephaniah[H6846] the son[H1121] of Maaseiah[H4641], the priest[H3548], and to all the priests[H3548], saying[H559],
26. Jehovah[H3068] hath made[H5414] thee priest[H3548] in the stead of Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548], that there may be officers[H6496] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], for every man[H376] that is mad[H7696], and maketh himself a prophet[H5012], that thou shouldest put[H5414] him in the stocks[H6729] and in shackles[H4115].
27. Now therefore[H1605], why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah[H3414] of Anathoth[H6069], who maketh himself a prophet to you[H5012],
28. forasmuch as he hath sent[H7971] unto us in Babylon[H894], saying[H559], The[H1931] captivity is long[H752]: build[H1129] ye houses[H1004], and dwell[H3427] in them[H5193]; and plant gardens[H1593], and eat[H398] the fruit of them[H6529]?
29. And Zephaniah[H6846] the priest[H3548] read[H7121] this letter[H5612] in the ears[H241] of Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030].
30. Then came the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] unto Jeremiah[H3414], saying[H559],
31. Send[H7971] to all them of the captivity[H1473], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] concerning Shemaiah[H8098] the Nehelamite[H5161]: Because that Shemaiah[H8098] hath prophesied[H5012] unto you[H7971], and I sent him not[H982], and he hath caused you to trust in a lie[H8267];
32. therefore thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Behold[H6485], I will punish Shemaiah[H8098] the Nehelamite[H5161], and his seed[H2233]; he shall not have a man[H376] to dwell[H3427] among[H8432] this people[H5971], neither shall he behold[H7200] the good[H2896] that I will do[H6213] unto my people[H5971], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], because he hath spoken[H1696] rebellion[H5627] against Jehovah[H3068].
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