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1 # Now these are the words <01697> of the letter <05612> that Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030> sent <07971> (8804) from Jerusalem <03389> unto the residue <03499> of the elders <02205> which were carried away captives <01473>, and to the priests <03548>, and to the prophets <05030>, and to all the people <05971> whom Nebuchadnezzar <05019> had carried away captive <01540> (8689) from Jerusalem <03389> to Babylon <0894>;
2 (After <0310> that Jeconiah <03204> the king <04428>, and the queen <01377>, and the eunuchs <05631>, the princes <08269> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, and the carpenters <02796>, and the smiths <04525>, were departed <03318> (8800) from Jerusalem <03389>;)
3 By the hand <03027> of Elasah <0501> the son <01121> of Shaphan <08227>, and Gemariah <01587> the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>, (whom Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063> sent <07971> (8804) unto Babylon <0894> to Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894>) saying <0559> (8800),
4 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, unto all that are carried away captives <01473>, whom I have caused to be carried away <01540> (8689) from Jerusalem <03389> unto Babylon <0894> ;
5 Build <01129> (8798) ye houses <01004>, and dwell <03427> (8798) in them; and plant <05193> (8798) gardens <01593>, and eat <0398> (8798) the fruit <06529> of them;
6 Take <03947> (8798) ye wives <0802>, and beget <03205> (8685) sons <01121> and daughters <01323> ; and take <03947> (8798) wives <0802> for your sons <01121>, and give <05414> (8798) your daughters <01323> to husbands <0582>, that they may bear <03205> (8799) sons <01121> and daughters <01121>; that ye may be increased <07235> (8798) there, and not diminished <04591> (8799).
7 And seek <01875> (8798) the peace <07965> of the city <05892> whither I have caused you to be carried away captives <01540> (8689), and pray <06419> (8690) unto the LORD <03068> for it: for in the peace <07965> thereof shall ye have peace <07965> .
8 # For thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478> ; Let not your prophets <05030> and your diviners <07080> (8802), that be in the midst <07130> of you, deceive <05377> (8686) you, neither hearken <08085> (8799) to your dreams <02472> which ye cause to be dreamed <02492> (8688).
9 For they prophesy <05012> (8737) falsely <08267> unto you in my name <08034>: I have not sent <07971> (8804) them, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
10 For thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, That after <06310> seventy <07657> years <08141> be accomplished <04390> (8800) at Babylon <0894> I will visit <06485> (8799) you, and perform <06965> (8689) my good <02896> word <01697> toward you, in causing you to return <07725> (8687) to this place <04725>.
11 For I know <03045> (8804) the thoughts <04284> that I think <02803> (8802) toward you, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>, thoughts <04284> of peace <07965>, and not of evil <07451>, to give <05414> (8800) you an expected <08615> end <0319>.
12 Then shall ye call <07121> (8804) upon me, and ye shall go <01980> (8804) and pray <06419> (8694) unto me, and I will hearken <08085> (8804) unto you.
13 And ye shall seek <01245> (8765) me, and find <04672> (8804) me, when ye shall search <01875> (8799) for me with all your heart <03824>.
14 And I will be found <04672> (8738) of you, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>: and I will turn away <07725> (8804) your captivity <07622> (8675) <07622>, and I will gather <06908> (8765) you from all the nations <01471> , and from all the places <04725> whither I have driven <05080> (8689) you, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>; and I will bring you again <07725> (8689) into the place <04725> whence I caused you to be carried away captive <01540> (8689).
15 # Because ye have said <0559> (8804), The LORD <03068> hath raised us up <06965> (8689) prophets <05030> in Babylon <0894>;
16 Know that thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of the king <04428> that sitteth <03427> (8802) upon the throne <03678> of David <01732>, and of all the people <05971> that dwelleth <03427> (8802) in this city <05892> , and of your brethren <0251> that are not gone forth <03318> (8804) with you into captivity <01473>;
17 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; Behold, I will send <07971> (8764) upon them the sword <02719>, the famine <07458>, and the pestilence <01698>, and will make <05414> (8804) them like vile <08182> figs <08384>, that cannot be eaten <0398> (8735), they are so evil <07455>.
18 And I will persecute <07291> (8804) them <0310> with the sword <02719>, with the famine <07458>, and with the pestilence <01698>, and will deliver <05414> (8804) them to be removed <02189> (8675) <02113> to all the kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776>, to be a curse <0423>, and an astonishment <08047>, and an hissing <08322>, and a reproach <02781>, among all the nations <01471> whither I have driven <05080> (8689) them:
19 Because they have not hearkened <08085> (8804) to my words <01697>, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068> , which I sent <07971> (8804) unto them by my servants <05650> the prophets <05030>, rising up early <07925> (8687) and sending <07971> (8800) them; but ye would not hear <08085> (8804), saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068> .
20 Hear <08085> (8798) ye therefore the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, all ye of the captivity <01473>, whom I have sent <07971> (8765) from Jerusalem <03389> to Babylon <0894>:
21 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, of Ahab <0256> the son <01121> of Kolaiah <06964>, and of Zedekiah <06667> the son <01121> of Maaseiah <04641>, which prophesy <05012> (8737) a lie <08267> unto you in my name <08034>; Behold, I will deliver <05414> (8802) them into the hand <03027> of Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894>; and he shall slay <05221> (8689) them before your eyes <05869> ;
22 And of them shall be taken up <03947> (8795) a curse <07045> by all the captivity <01546> of Judah <03063> which are in Babylon <0894>, saying <0559> (8800), The LORD <03068> make <07760> (8799) thee like Zedekiah <06667> and like Ahab <0256>, whom the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> roasted <07033> (8804) in the fire <0784>;
23 Because they have committed <06213> (8804) villany <05039> in Israel <03478>, and have committed <06213> (8804) adultery <05003> (8762) with their neighbours <07453>' wives <0802>, and have spoken <01696> (8762) lying <08267> words <01697> in my name <08034>, which I have not commanded <06680> (8765) them; even I know <03045> (8802), and am a witness <05707>, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
24 # Thus shalt thou also speak <0559> (8799) to Shemaiah <08098> the Nehelamite <05161>, saying <0559> (8800),
25 Thus speaketh <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559> (8800), Because thou hast sent <07971> (8804) letters <05612> in thy name <08034> unto all the people <05971> that are at Jerusalem <03389>, and to Zephaniah <06846> the son <01121> of Maaseiah <04641> the priest <03548>, and to all the priests <03548>, saying <0559> (8800),
26 The LORD <03068> hath made <05414> (8804) thee priest <03548> in the stead of Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548>, that ye should be officers <06496> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, for every man <0376> that is mad <07696> (8794), and maketh himself a prophet <05012> (8693), that thou shouldest put <05414> (8804) him in prison <04115>, and in the stocks <06729>.
27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved <01605> (8804) Jeremiah <03414> of Anathoth <06069>, which maketh himself a prophet <05012> (8693) to you?
28 For therefore he sent <07971> (8804) unto us in Babylon <0894>, saying <0559> (8800), This <01931> captivity is long <0752>: build <01129> (8798) ye houses <01004>, and dwell <03427> (8798) in them; and plant <05193> (8798) gardens <01593>, and eat <0398> (8798) the fruit <06529> of them.
29 And Zephaniah <06846> the priest <03548> read <07121> (8799) this letter <05612> in the ears <0241> of Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030>.
30 Then came the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> unto Jeremiah <03414>, saying <0559> (8800),
31 Send <07971> (8798) to all them of the captivity <01473>, saying <0559> (8800), Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> concerning Shemaiah <08098> the Nehelamite <05161>; Because that Shemaiah <08098> hath prophesied <05012> (8738) unto you, and I sent <07971> (8804) him not, and he caused you to trust <0982> (8686) in a lie <08267>:
32 Therefore thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>; Behold, I will punish <06485> (8802) Shemaiah <08098> the Nehelamite <05161>, and his seed <02233>: he shall not have a man <0376> to dwell <03427> (8802) among <08432> this people <05971>; neither shall he behold <07200> (8799) the good <02896> that I will do <06213> (8802) for my people <05971>, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>; because he hath taught <01696> (8765) rebellion <05627> against the LORD <03068>.