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<span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>(After Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem;) <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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) saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon; <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray to the LORD for it: for in the peace of it ye shall have peace. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that are in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years shall be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word towards you, in causing you to return to this place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray to me, and I will hearken to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And I will be found by 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised up for us prophets in Babylon; <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Know that thus saith the LORD concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwelleth in this city, and concerning your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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 bad. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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 a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 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 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And concerning them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Because they have committed villainy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbor's 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.</p> <p class="hdg">Shemaiah's Letter against Jeremiah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name to all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you? <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For therefore he sent to us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because Shemaiah hath prophesied to you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>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.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jeremiah/28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jeremiah/30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/jeremiah/29-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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