Jeremiah 29 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Message to the Exiles

Now these^H428 are the words^H1697 of the letter^H5612 which^H834 Jeremiah^H3414 the prophet^H5030 sent^H7971 from Jerusalem^H3389 to the rest^H3499 of the elders^H2205 of the exile^H1473, the priests^H3548, the prophets^H5030, and all^H3605 the people^H5971 whom^H834 Nebuchadnezzar^H5019 had taken^H1540 into^H1540 exile^H1473 from Jerusalem^H3389 to Babylon^H894.

Jer 29:2

Jer 29:2(This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the high officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalworkers had departed from Jerusalem.)

Jer 29:3

Jer 29:3The letter was sent 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,

Jer 29:4

Jer 29:4“This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:

Jer 29:5

Jer 29:5‘Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their [fn]produce.

Jer 29:6

Jer 29:6‘Take wives and father sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may give birth to sons and daughters; and grow in numbers there and do not decrease.

Jer 29:7

Jer 29:7‘Seek the [fn]prosperity of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD in its behalf; for [fn]in its [fn]prosperity will be your [fn]prosperity.’

Jer 29:8

Jer 29:8“For this is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Do not let your prophets who are in your midst or your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to their interpretations of your dreams which you dream.

Jer 29:9

Jer 29:9‘For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them,’ declares the LORD.

Jer 29:10

“For this^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the LORD^H3068 says^H559: ‘When^H3588 seventy^H7657 years^H8141 have been^H4390 completed^H4390 for Babylon^H894, I will visit^H6485 you and fulfill^H6965 My good^H2896 word^H1697 to you, to bring^H7725 you back^H7725 to this^H2088 place^H4725.

Jer 29:11

Jer 29:11‘For I know the plans that I [fn]have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for [fn]prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

Jer 29:12

Jer 29:12‘Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Jer 29:13

Jer 29:13‘And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jer 29:14

Jer 29:14‘I will let Myself be found by you,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.’

Jer 29:15

“Because^H3588 you have said^H559, ‘The LORD^H3068 has raised^H6965 up^H6965 prophets^H5030 for us in Babylon^H894’—

Jer 29:16

Jer 29:16for this is what the LORD says concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who live in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—

Jer 29:17

Jer 29:17this is what the LORD of armies says: ‘Behold, I am sending upon them the sword, famine, and plague; and I will make them like rotten figs that cannot be eaten due to rottenness.

Jer 29:18

Jer 29:18‘I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with plague; and I will make them an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and an object of horror and [fn]hissing, and a disgrace among all the nations where I have driven them,

Jer 29:19

Jer 29:19because they have not listened to My words,’ declares the LORD, ‘which I sent to them again and again by My servants the prophets; but you did not listen,’ declares the LORD.

Jer 29:20

Jer 29:20‘You, therefore, hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Jer 29:21

‘This^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the LORD^H3068 of armies^H6635, the God^H430 of Israel^H3478 says^H559 concerning^H413 Ahab^H256 the son^H1121 of Kolaiah^H6964 and concerning^H413 Zedekiah^H6667 the son^H1121 of Maaseiah^H4641, who are prophesying^H5012 to you falsely^H8267 in My name^H8034: “Behold^H2009, I am going to hand^H5414^H3027 them over^H5414 to Nebuchadnezzar^H5019 king^H4428 of Babylon^H894, and he will kill^H5221 them before your eyes^H5869.

Jer 29:22

Jer 29:22“Because of them a curse will be [fn]used by all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,’

Jer 29:23

Jer 29:23because they acted [fn]foolishly in Israel, and committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and falsely spoke words in My name which I did not command them. I am He who knows, and a witness,” declares the LORD.’”

Jer 29:24

Now you shall speak^H559 to Shemaiah^H8098 the Nehelamite^H5161, saying^H559,

Jer 29:25

Jer 29:25“This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to the priest Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying,

Jer 29:26

Jer 29:26“The LORD has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be the [fn]overseer of the house of the LORD for every insane person who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and in the iron collar.

Jer 29:27

Jer 29:27“So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who prophesies to you,

Jer 29:28

Jer 29:28seeing that he has sent word to us in Babylon, saying, ‘[fn]The exile will be long; build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their [fn]produce’?”’”

Jer 29:29

Now Zephaniah^H6846 the priest^H3548 read^H7121 this^H2088 letter^H5612 [fn]to Jeremiah^H3414 the prophet^H5030.

Jer 29:30

Jer 29:30Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

Jer 29:31

Jer 29:31“Send word to all the exiles, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: “Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, although I did not send him, and he has made you trust in a lie,”

Jer 29:32

Jer 29:32therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am going to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his [fn]descendants; he will not have anyone living among this people, and he will not see the good that I am going to do for My people,” declares the LORD, “because he has spoken falsely against the LORD.”’”

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NASB20 Footnotes

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Lit fruit

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Or peace

(29:7)

Or your prosperity will depend on its

Or peace

Or peace

Lit am planning

Or salvation

Or whistling

Lit taken

Or sacrilegiously

Lit overseers

Lit It

Lit fruit

Lit in the ears of

Lit seed

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