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Jeremiah 29:8-19
New International Version
Jeremiah 29:8-19
New International Version
8 Yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let the prophets(A) and diviners among you deceive(B) you. Do not listen to the dreams(C) you encourage them to have.(D) 9 They are prophesying lies(E) to you in my name. I have not sent(F) them,” declares the Lord.
10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years(G) are completed for Babylon, I will come to you(H) and fulfill my good promise(I) to bring you back(J) to this place. 11 For I know the plans(K) I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper(L) you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.(M) 12 Then you will call(N) on me and come and pray(O) to me, and I will listen(P) to you. 13 You will seek(Q) me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.(R) 14 I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back(S) from captivity.[a] I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”(T)
15 You may say, “The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,” 16 but this is what the Lord says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your fellow citizens who did not go with you into exile— 17 yes, this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will send the sword, famine and plague(U) against them and I will make them like figs(V) that are so bad they cannot be eaten. 18 I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent(W) to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse[b](X) and an object of horror,(Y) of scorn(Z) and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them. 19 For they have not listened to my words,”(AA) declares the Lord, “words that I sent to them again and again(AB) by my servants the prophets.(AC) And you exiles have not listened either,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 29:14 Or will restore your fortunes
- Jeremiah 29:18 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see verse 22); or, others will see that they are cursed.
Jeremiah 29:8-19
King James Version
Jeremiah 29:8-19
King James Version
8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord.
10 For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
14 And I will be found of 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.
15 Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
17 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 evil.
18 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 an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.
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