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Message to the Exiles1 Now these° are the words° of the aletter° which° Jeremiah° the prophet° sent° from Jerusalem° to the rest° of the elders° of the exile°, the priests°, the prophets° and all° the people° whom° Nebuchadnezzar° had taken° into exile° from Jerusalem° to Babylon°. 2 (This was after° King° aJeconiah° and the bqueen° mother°, the court° officials°, the princes° of Judah° and Jerusalem°, the craftsmen° and the smiths° had departed° from Jerusalem°.) 3 [The letter was sent] by the hand° of Elasah° the son° of Shaphan°, and Gemariah° the son° of aHilkiah°, whom° Zedekiah° king° of Judah° sent° to Babylon° to Nebuchadnezzar° king° of Babylon°, saying°, 4 “Thus° says° the LORD° of hosts°, the God° of Israel°, to all° the exiles° whom° I have asent° into exile° from Jerusalem° to Babylon°, 5 ‘aBuild° houses° and live° [in them]; and plant° gardens° and eat° their Iproduce°. 6 Take° awives° and Ibecome° the fathers° of 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 do not decrease°. 7 aSeek° the Iwelfare° of the city° where°° I have sent° you into exile°, and bpray° to the LORD° on its behalf°; for in its Iwelfare° you will have° Iwelfare°.’ 8 For thus° says° the LORD° of hosts°, the God° of Israel°, ‘Do not let your aprophets° who° are in your midst° and your diviners° bdeceive° you, and do not listen° to Icthe dreams° which° IIthey dream°. 9 For they aprophesy° falsely° to you in My name°; bI have not sent° them,’ declares° the LORD°. [1] a2Ch 30:1, 6; Es 9:20; Jr 29:25, 29
[2] a2K 24:12-16; 2Ch 36:9, 10; Jr 22:24-28; 24:1; 27:20 b2K 24:12, 15; Jr 13:18; 22:26 [3] a1Ch 6:13 [4] aJr 24:5 [5] ILit fruit aJr 29:28 [6] ILit beget aJr 16:2-4 [7] IOr peace aDn 4:27; 6:4, 5 bEzr 6:10; 7:23; Dn 4:19; 1Ti 2:1, 2 [8] ILit your IILit you aJr 27:9; 29:1 bJr 14:14; 23:21; 27:14, 15; 28:15; Ep 5:6 cJr 23:25, 27 [9] aJr 27:15; 29:21 bJr 29:31 10 ¶ “For thus° says° the LORD°, ‘When° aseventy° years° have been° completed° for Babylon°, I will visit° you and fulfill° My bgood° word° to you, to bring° you back° to this° place°. 11 For I know° the aplans° that I Ihave° for you,’ declares° the LORD°, ‘plans° for bwelfare° and not for calamity° to give° you a future° and a chope°. 12 Then you will acall° upon Me and come° and pray° to Me, and I will blisten° to you. 13 You will aseek° Me and find° [Me] when° you bsearch° for Me with all° your heart°. 14 I will be afound° by you,’ declares° the LORD°, ‘and I will brestore° your Ifortunes° and will cgather° you from all° the nations° and from all° the places° where°° I have driven° you,’ declares° the LORD°, ‘and I will dbring° you back° to the place° from where°° I sent° you into exile°.’ [10] a2Ch 36:21-23; Jr 25:12; 27:22; Dn 9:2; Zc 7:5 bJr 24:6, 7; Zp 2:7
[11] ILit am planning aPs 40:5; Jr 23:5, 6; 30:9, 10 bIs 40:9-11; Jr 30:18-22 cJr 31:17; Ho 2:15 [12] aPs 50:15; Jr 33:3; Dn 9:3 bPs 145:19 [13] aDt 4:29; Ps 32:6; Mt 7:7 b1Ch 22:19; 2Ch 22:9; Jr 24:7 [14] IOr captivity aDt 30:1-10; Ps 32:6; Is 55:6 bJr 30:3; 32:37-41 cIs 43:5, 6; Jr 23:8; 32:37 dJr 3:14; 12:15; 16:15 15 ¶ “Because° you have said°, ‘The LORD° has raised° up aprophets° for us in Babylon°’— 16 for thus° says° the LORD° concerning° the king° who sits° on the throne° of David°, and concerning° all° the people° who dwell° in this° city°, your brothers° who° did anot go° with you into exile°— 17 thus° says° the LORD° of hosts°, ‘Behold°, I am sending° upon them the asword°, famine° and pestilence°, and I will make° them like bsplit-open° figs° that cannot° be eaten° due° to rottenness°. 18 I will pursue° them with the sword°, with famine° and with pestilence°; and I will amake° them a terror° to all° the kingdoms° of the earth°, to be a bcurse° and a horror° and a chissing°, and a reproach° among all° the nations° where°° I have driven° them, 19 because°° they have anot listened° to My words°,’ declares° the LORD°, ‘which° I sent° to them again° and again° by bMy servants° the prophets°; but you did not listen°,’ declares° the LORD°. 20 You, therefore, hear° the word° of the LORD°, all° you exiles°, whom° I have asent° away° from Jerusalem° to Babylon°. [15] aJr 29:21, 24
[16] aJr 38:2, 3, 17-23 [17] aJr 27:8; 29:18; 32:24 bJr 24:3, 8-10 [18] aDt 28:25; 2Ch 29:8; Jr 15:4; 24:9; 34:17; Ezk 12:15 bIs 65:15; Jr 42:18 cJr 25:9; Lm 2:15, 16 [19] aJr 6:19 bJr 25:4; 26:5; 35:15 [20] aJr 24:5; Ezk 11:9; Mi 4:10 21 ¶ “Thus° says° the LORD° of hosts°, the God° of Israel°, concerning° Ahab° the son° of Kolaiah° and concerning° Zedekiah° the son° of Maaseiah°, who are aprophesying° to you falsely° in My name°, ‘Behold°, I will deliver° them into the hand° of Nebuchadnezzar° king° of Babylon°, and he will slay° them before your eyes°. 22 Because° of them a acurse° will be Iused° by all° the exiles° from Judah° who° are in Babylon°, saying°, “May the LORD° make° you like Zedekiah° and like Ahab°, whom° the king° of Babylon° broasted° in the fire°, 23 because°° they have aacted° foolishly° in Israel°, and bhave committed° adultery° with their neighbors’° wives° and have cspoken° words° in My name° falsely°, which° I did not command° them; and I am He who dknows° and am a witness°,” declares° the LORD°.’” [21] aJr 14:14, 15; 29:8, 9; Lm 2:14; 2P 2:1
[22] ILit taken aIs 65:15 bDn 3:6, 21 [23] aGn 34:7; 2S 13:12 bJr 5:8; 23:14 cJr 29:8, 9, 21 dPv 5:21; Jr 7:11; 16:17; Mal 3:5; He 4:13 24 ¶ To aShemaiah° the Nehelamite° you shall speak°, saying°, 25 “Thus° says° the LORD° of hosts°, the God° of Israel°, ‘Because°° you have sent° aletters° in your own name° to all° the people° who° are in Jerusalem°, and to bZephaniah° the son° of Maaseiah°, the priest°, and to all° the priests°, saying°, 26 “The LORD° has made° you priest° instead° of Jehoiada° the priest°, to be the Iaoverseer° in the house° of the LORD° over every° bmadman° who cprophesies°, to dput° him in the stocks° and in the iron° collar°, 27 now° then, why° have you not rebuked° Jeremiah° of aAnathoth° who prophesies° to you? 28 For he has asent° to us in Babylon°, saying°, ‘[The exile] will be blong°; cbuild° houses° and live° [in them] and plant° gardens° and eat° their Iproduce°.’”’” [24] aJr 29:31, 32
[25] aJr 29:1 b2K 25:18; Jr 21:1; 29:29; 37:3; 52:24 [26] ILit overseers aJr 20:1 b2K 9:11; Ho 9:7; Mk 3:21; Jn 10:20; Ac 26:24, 25; 2Co 5:13 cDt 13:1-5; Zc 13:1-5 dJr 20:1, 2; Ac 16:24 [27] aJr 1:1 [28] ILit fruit aJr 29:1 bJr 29:10 cJr 29:5 29 ¶ aZephaniah° the priest° read° this° letter° Ito Jeremiah° the prophet°. 30 Then came° the word° of the LORD° to Jeremiah°, saying°, 31 “Send° to aall° the exiles°, saying°, ‘Thus° says° the LORD° concerning° bShemaiah° the Nehelamite°, “Because°° Shemaiah° has cprophesied° to you, although I did not send° him, and he has dmade you trust° in a lie°,” 32 therefore° thus° says° the LORD°, “Behold°, I am about to apunish° Shemaiah° the Nehelamite° and his Idescendants°; he will bnot have° anyone° living° among° this° people°, cand he will not see° the good° that I am about to do° to My people°,” declares° the LORD°, “because° he has IIdpreached° rebellion° against° the LORD°.”’” [29] ILit in the ears of aJr 29:25
[31] aJr 29:20 bJr 29:24 cJr 14:14, 15; 29:9, 23; Ezk 13:8-16, 22, 23 dJr 28:15 [32] ILit seed IILit spoken aJr 36:31 b1S 2:30-34; Jr 22:30 c2K 7:2, 19, 20; Jr 17:6; 29:10 dDt 13:5; Jr 28:16 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. |
Jeremiah sendeth a letter to the captives in Babylon, to be quiet there,1 ¶ Now these² [are] the wordsº of the letterº that² Jeremiahº the prophetº sentºª from Jerusalemº² unto² the residueº of the eldersº which were carried away captives,º and to² the priests,º and to² the prophets,º and to² all² the peopleº whom² Nebuchadnezzarº had carried away captiveºª from Jerusalemº² to Babylon;º 2 (After¹ that² Jeconiahº the king,º and the queen,º and the eunuchs,º the princesº of Judahº and Jerusalem,º and the carpenters,º and the smiths,º were departedºª from Jerusalem;)º² 3 By the handº of Elasahº the sonº of Shaphan,º and Gemariahº the sonº of Hilkiah,º (whom² Zedekiahº kingº of Judahº sentºª unto Babylonº to² Nebuchadnezzarº kingº of Babylon)º saying,ºª 4 Thus² saithºª the LORDº of hosts,º the Godº of Israel,º unto all² that are carried away captives,º whom² I have caused to be carried awayºª from Jerusalemº² unto Babylon;º 5 Buildºª ye houses,º and dwellºª [in them]; and plantºª gardens,º and eatºª² the fruitº of them; 6 Takeºª ye wives,º and begetºª sonsº and daughters;º and takeºª wivesº for your sons,º and giveºª your daughtersº to husbands,¹² that they may bearºª sonsº and daughters;¹² that ye may be increasedºª there,² and not² diminished.ºª 7 And seekºª² the peaceº of the cityº whither²² I have caused you to be carried away captives,ºª and prayºª unto² the LORDº for² it: for² in the peaceº thereof shall ye have² peace.º [1] 2Ch 30:1; Es 9:20; Jr 24:1; 28:4; 29:25; Ac 15:23; 2Co 7:8; Ga 6:11; He 13:22; Rv 2:1.
[2] 2K 9:32; 20:18; 24:12; 2Ch 36:9; Jr 22:24; 27:20; 28:4; Dn 1:3. [3] 2K 22:8, 12; 2Ch 34:20; Jr 26:24; 36:25; 39:14; Ezk 8:11. [4] Is 5:5; 10:5; 45:7; 59:1; Jr 24:5; Am 3:6. [5] Jr 29:10, 28; Ezk 28:26. [6] Gn 1:27; 9:7; 21:21; 24:3, 51, 60; 28:1; 29:19; 34:4; Jg 1:12; 12:9; 14:2; Jr 16:2; 1Co 7:36; 1Ti 5:14. [7] Ezr 6:10; 7:23; Dn 4:19, 27; 6:4; Ro 13:1, 5; 1Ti 2:1; 1P 2:13. and not to believe the dreams of their prophets,8 ¶ For² thus² saithºª the LORDº of hosts,º the Godº of Israel;º Let not² your prophetsº and your diviners,ºª that² [be] in the midstº of you, deceiveºª you, neither² hearkenºª to² your dreamsº which² ye² cause to be dreamed.ºª 9 For² they² prophesyºª falselyº unto you in my name:º I have not² sentºª them, saithºª the LORD.º [8] Jr 5:31; 14:14; 23:21; 27:14; 28:15; Mi 2:11; Zc 13:4; Mt 24:4, 24; Mk 13:5, 22; Lk 6:26; 21:8; Ro 16:18; 2Co 11:13; Ep 4:14; 5:6; 2Th 2:3, 9; 2Ti 3:13; 2P 2:2; 2Jn 1:7; Rv 13:14; 19:20.
[9] Jr 27:15; 29:23, 31. and that they shall return with grace after seventy years.10 ¶ For² thus² saithºª the LORD,º That² afterº seventyº yearsº be accomplishedºª at Babylonº I will visitºª you, and performºª² my goodº wordº toward² you, in causing you to returnºª² to² this² place.º 11 For² I² knowºª² the thoughtsº that² I² thinkºª toward² you, saithºª the LORD,º thoughtsº of peace,º and not² of evil,º to giveºª you an expectedº end.º 12 Then shall ye call¹ª upon² me, and ye shall goºª and prayºª unto² me, and I will hearkenºª unto² you. 13 And ye shall seekºª me, and findºª [me], when² ye shall search¹ª for² me with all² your heart.º 14 And I will be foundºª of you, saithºª the LORD:º and I will turn awayºª² your captivity,ºª and I will gatherºª you from all²² the nations,º and from all²² the placesº whither²² I have drivenºª you, saithºª the LORD;º and I will bring you againºª² into² the placeº whence²²² I caused you to be carried away captive.ºª [10] 2Ch 36:21; Ezr 1:1; Jr 24:6; 25:12; 27:7, 22; 32:42; Dn 9:2; Zp 2:7; Zc 7:5.
[11] Jb 23:13; Ps 33:11; 40:5; Is 40:1; 46:10; 55:8; Jr 3:12; 30:18; 31:1; Lm 3:26; Ezk 34:11; 36:1; 39:1; Ho 2:14; 3:5; 14:2; Jol 2:28; Am 9:8; Mi 4:12; 5:4; 7:14; Zp 3:14; Zc 1:6; 8:14; 9:9; 12:5; 14:20; Rv 14:8. [12] Ne 2:4; Ps 10:17; 50:15; 102:16; Is 30:19; 65:24; Jr 31:9; 33:3; Ezk 36:37; Dn 9:3; Zc 13:9; Mt 7:7. [13] Lv 26:40; Dt 4:29; 30:1, 2, 10; 1K 2:4; 8:47; 2K 23:3; 2Ch 6:37; 22:9; 31:21; Ps 91:15; 119:2, 10, 58, 69, 145; Is 55:6; Jr 3:10; 24:7; Ho 5:15; 6:1; Jol 2:12; Am 5:4; Zp 2:1; Lk 11:9; Ac 8:37. [14] Dt 4:7; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 15:12; Ps 32:6; 46:1; 126:1, 4; Is 45:19; 55:6; Jr 16:14; 23:3; 24:5; 30:3, 10; 31:8; 32:37; 33:7; 46:27; 50:4, 19, 33; 51:10; Ezk 11:16; 34:1; 36:1; Am 9:14; Mi 4:12; Zp 3:20; Ro 10:20. He foretelleth the destruction of the rest for their disobedience.15 ¶ Because² ye have said,ºª The LORDº hath raised us upºª prophetsº in Babylon;º 16 [Know] that² thus² saithºª the LORDº of² the kingº that sittethºª upon² the throneº of David,º and of² all² the peopleº that dwellethºª in this² city,º [and] of your brethrenº that² are not² gone forthºª with² you into captivity;º 17 Thus² saithºª the LORDº of hosts;º Behold,² I will sendºª upon them² the sword,º² the famine,º and the pestilence,º and will makeºª them like vileº figs,º that² cannot² be eaten,ºª they are so evil.º² 18 And I will persecuteºª² them¹ with the sword,º with the famine,º and with the pestilence,º and will deliverºª them to be removedºª¹ to all² the kingdomsº of the earth,º to be a curse,º and an astonishment,º and an hissing,º and a reproach,º among all² the nationsº whither²² I have drivenºª them: 19 Because²² they have not² hearkenedºª to² my words,º saithºª the LORD,º which² I sentºª unto² them by² my servantsº the prophets,º rising up earlyºª and sendingºª [them]; but ye would not² hear,ºª saithºª the LORD.º [15] Jr 28:1; 29:8; Ezk 1:1, 3.
[16] Jr 24:2; 29:3; 38:2, 17; Ezk 6:1; 17:12; 21:9; 22:31; 24:1. [17] Jr 15:2; 24:1, 8; 29:18; 34:17; 43:11; 52:6; Ezk 5:12; 14:12; Lk 21:11, 23. [18] Lv 26:33; Dt 28:25, 64; 29:21; 1K 9:7; 2Ch 7:19; 29:8; Ps 44:11; Is 65:15; Jr 15:4; 19:8; 24:9; 25:9; 26:6; 29:22; 34:17; 42:18; Lm 2:15; Ezk 6:8; 12:15; 22:15; 36:19; Am 9:9; Zc 7:14; Lk 21:24. [19] Jr 6:19; 7:13, 24; 25:3; 26:5; 32:33; 34:17; 35:14; 44:4; Zc 1:4; 7:11; He 12:25. He sheweth the fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah, two lying prophets.20 ¶ Hearºª ye² therefore the wordº of the LORD,º all² ye of the captivity,º whom² I have sentºª from Jerusalemº² to Babylon:º 21 Thus² saithºª the LORDº of hosts,º the Godº of Israel,º of² Ahabº the sonº of Kolaiah,º and of² Zedekiahº the sonº of Maaseiah,º which prophesyºª a lieº unto you in my name;º Behold,² I will deliverºª them into the handº of Nebuchadrezzarº kingº of Babylon;º and he shall slayºª them before your eyes;º 22 And of² them shall be taken upºª a curseº by all² the captivityº of Judahº which² [are] in Babylon,º saying,ºª The LORDº makeºª thee like Zedekiahº and like Ahab,º whom² the kingº of Babylonº roastedºª in the fire;º 23 Because²² they have committedºª villanyº in Israel,º and have committed¹ª adulteryºª with² their neighbours'º wives,º and have spokenºª lyingº wordsº in my name,º which² I have not² commandedºª them; even I² know,ºª and [am] a witness,º saithºª the LORD.º [20] Jr 24:5; 29:15; Ezk 3:11, 15; Mi 4:10.
[21] Jr 14:14; 29:8; Lm 2:14. [22] Gn 48:20; Ru 4:11; Is 65:15; Dn 3:6, 21; 1Co 16:22. [23] Ps 50:16; Pv 5:21; Jr 7:9; 13:27; 16:17; 23:14, 21, 23; 29:8, 21; Zp 3:4; Mal 2:14; 3:5; He 4:13; 2P 2:10; Jde 1:8; Rv 1:5; 3:14. Shemaiah writeth a letter against Jeremiah.24 ¶ [Thus] shalt thou also speakºª to² Shemaiahº the Nehelamite,º saying,ºª 25 Thus² speakethºª the LORDº of hosts,º the Godº of Israel,º saying,ºª Because²² thou² hast sentºª lettersº in thy nameº unto² all² the peopleº that² [are] at Jerusalem,º and to² Zephaniahº the sonº of Maaseiahº the priest,º and to² all² the priests,º saying,ºª 26 The LORDº hath madeºª thee priestº in the stead of² Jehoiadaº the priest,º that ye should be² officersº in the houseº of the LORD,º for every² manº [that is] mad,ºª and maketh himself a prophet,ºª that thou shouldest putºª him in² prison,º and in² the stocks.º 27 Now² therefore why² hast thou not² reprovedºª Jeremiahº of Anathoth,º which maketh himself a prophetºª to you? 28 For² therefore²² he sentºª unto² us [in] Babylon,º saying,ºª Thisº [captivity is] long:º buildºª ye houses,º and dwellºª [in them]; and plantºª gardens,º and eatºª² the fruitº of them. 29 And Zephaniahº the priestº readºª² this² letterº in the earsº of Jeremiahº the prophet.º [24] Jr 29:8, 31.
[25] 1K 21:8; 2K 10:1; 19:9, 14; 25:18; 2Ch 32:17; Ezr 4:7; Ne 6:5, 17, 19; Jr 21:1; 29:29; 37:3; 52:24; Ac 9:2. [26] Dt 13:1; 2K 9:11; 11:15, 18; 2Ch 16:10; 18:26; Jr 20:1; 29:27; 38:6, 28; Ho 9:7; Zc 13:3; Mt 21:23; Mk 3:21; Jn 8:53; 10:20, 33; Ac 4:1; 5:18, 24; 16:24; 26:11, 24; 2Co 5:13; 11:33; Rv 2:10. [27] Nu 16:3; 2Ch 25:16; Jr 29:26; 43:2; Am 7:12; Mt 27:63; Jn 11:47; Ac 4:17; 5:28, 40; 2Ti 3:8. [28] Jr 29:1. [29] Jr 29:25. Jeremiah readeth his doom.30 ¶ Then came² the wordº of the LORDº unto² Jeremiah,º saying,ºª 31 Sendºª to² all² them of the captivity,º saying,ºª Thus² saithºª the LORDº concerning² Shemaiahº the Nehelamite;º Because²² that Shemaiahº hath prophesiedºª unto you, and I² sentºª him not,² and he caused you to trustºª² in² a lie:º 32 Therefore² thus² saithºª the LORD;º Behold,² I will punishºª² Shemaiahº the Nehelamite,º and his seed:º he shall not² have² a manº to dwellºª amongº this² people;º neither² shall he beholdºª the goodº that² I² will doºª for my people,º saithºª the LORD;º because² he hath taughtºª rebellionº against² the LORD.º [31] Jr 14:14; 23:21; 28:15; 29:9, 20, 23; Ezk 13:8, 22; 2P 2:1.
[32] Ex 20:5; Nu 16:27; Jsh 7:24; 1S 2:30; 2K 5:27; 7:2, 19; Ps 109:8; Is 14:20, 22; Jr 17:6; 20:6; 22:30; 28:16; 29:10; 35:19; Am 7:17. ©2011 by First Gospel Publications, Zion, Ill. All rights reserved. For downloads and more information please visit www.FirstGospel.com. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Chaldee and Greek Dictionaries Featuring the qBible.com Living Strong's Lexical Map ©2003 by The WWW Chat Bible Compages. All rights reserved. For how to use color-coding please view [www.ChatBible.com/key.html]. |
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