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Behold, I will send
and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD,
and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant,
and will bring them against this land,
and against the inhabitants thereof,
and against all these nations round about,
and will utterly destroy them,
and make them an
astonishment,
and an
hissing,
and perpetual desolations.
behold, I will
summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD,
and I will send for My servant
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,
and against all the surrounding nations. So I will
devote them to destruction
and make them an object of
horror and contempt, an
everlasting desolation.
Moreover I will take from them the voice of
mirth,
and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom,
and the voice of the
bride, the sound of the millstones,
and the light of the
candle.
Moreover, I will
banish from them the sounds of joy
and gladness, the voices of the
bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones,
and the light of the lamp.
And this whole land shall be a
desolation,
and an
astonishment;
and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
And this whole land will become a
desolate wasteland,
and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will
punish the king of Babylon,
and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity,
and the land of the Chaldeans,
and will make it perpetual desolations.
But when seventy years are complete, I will
punish the king of Babylon
and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD,
and I will make it an
everlasting desolation.
And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath
prophesied against all the nations.
I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has
prophesied against all the nations.
For many nations
and great kings shall serve themselves of them also:
and I will
recompense them according to their deeds,
and according to the works of their own hands.
For many nations
and great kings will
enslave them,
and I will repay them according to their deeds
and according to the work of their hands.’”
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this
fury at my hand,
and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
And they shall drink,
and be moved,
and be
mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
And they will drink
and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”
Then took I the cup at the LORD’S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,
To wit, Jerusalem,
and the cities of Judah,
and the kings thereof,
and the princes thereof, to make them a
desolation, an
astonishment, an
hissing,
and a
curse; as it is this day;
to make them a ruin, an object of
horror and contempt
and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem
and the cities of Judah, its kings
and officials;
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;
And all the mingled people,
and all the kings of the land of
Uz,
and all the kings of the land of the Philistines,
and Ashkelon,
and Azzah,
and Ekron,
and the
remnant of
Ashdod,
all the mixed tribes; all the kings of
Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon,
Gaza,
Ekron,
and the
remnant of
Ashdod;
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
all the kings of Tyre
and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;
Dedan,
and Tema,
and Buz,
and all that are in the utmost corners,
Dedan, Tema,
Buz,
and all who cut the corners of their hair;
And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
And all the kings of Zimri,
and all the kings of
Elam,
and all the kings of the Medes,
all the kings of Zimri,
Elam,
and Media;
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye,
and be
drunken,
and spue,
and fall,
and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get
drunk,
and vomit. Fall down
and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
For behold, I am beginning to bring
disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’
Therefore
prophesy thou against them all these words,
and say unto them, The LORD shall
roar from on high,
and utter his voice from his holy
habitation; he shall
mightily roar upon his
habitation; he shall give a
shout, as they that
tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
So you are to
prophesy all these words against them
and say to them: ‘The LORD will
roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy
habitation. He will
roar loudly over His pasture; like those who
tread the grapes, He will call out with a
shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will
plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
The
tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind
and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation,
and a great
whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold!
Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”
And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be
lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be
mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
Howl, ye
shepherds,
and cry;
and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter
and of your dispersions are accomplished;
and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
Wail, you
shepherds,
and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall
and be
shattered like fine pottery.
And the
shepherds shall have no way to
flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
A voice of the cry of the
shepherds,
and an
howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath
spoiled their pasture.
Hear the cry of the
shepherds, the
wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.
He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a
desolation by the sword of the
oppressor,
and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD’S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the
courtyard of the house of the LORD
and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not
omit a word.
If so be they will
hearken,
and turn every man from his evil way, that I may
repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
Perhaps they will
listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the
disaster I am
planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not
hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not
listen to Me
and walk in My law, which I have set before you,
To
hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early,
and sending them, but ye have not
hearkened;
and if you do not
listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again
and again even though you did not
listen,
Then will I make this house like
Shiloh,
and will make this city a
curse to all the nations of the earth.
then I will make this house like
Shiloh,
and I will make this city an object of
cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”
So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,
Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests
and prophets
and all the people seized him,
shouting, “You must surely die!
Why hast thou
prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like
Shiloh,
and this city shall be
desolate without an inhabitant?
And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
How
dare you
prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like
Shiloh and this city will be
desolate and deserted!”
And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD’S house.
When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
Then spake the priests
and the prophets unto the princes
and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath
prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
Then the priests
and prophets said to the officials
and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has
prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes
and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to
prophesy against this house
and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
But Jeremiah said to all the officials
and all the people, “The LORD sent me to
prophesy against this house
and against this city all the words that you have heard.
Therefore now
amend your ways
and your doings,
and obey the voice of the LORD your God;
and the LORD will
repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
So now, correct your ways
and deeds,
and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the
disaster He has pronounced against you.
As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.
But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon
yourselves,
and upon this city,
and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon
yourselves, upon this city,
and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,
Micah the Morasthite
prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah,
and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Zion shall be
plowed like a field,
and Jerusalem shall become heaps,
and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
“
Micah the Moreshite
prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah
and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘
Zion will be
plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a
heap of
rubble,
and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
Did
Hezekiah king of Judah
and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD,
and besought the LORD,
and the LORD
repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we
procure great evil against our souls.
Did
Hezekiah king of Judah or
anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did
Hezekiah not fear the LORD
and seek His favor,
and did not the LORD relent of the
disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great
harm on ourselves!”
And there was also a man that
prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who
prophesied against this city
and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
Now there was another man
prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He
prophesied against this city
and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.
And when
Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men,
and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid,
and fled,
and went into Egypt;
King
Jehoiakim and all his mighty men
and officials heard his words,
and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear
and went to Egypt.
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor,
and certain men with him into Egypt.
Then King
Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.
And they
fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt,
and brought him unto
Jehoiakim the king; who
slew him with the sword,
and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
They brought Uriah out of Egypt
and took him to King
Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword
and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for
yourself a yoke out of leather straps
and put it on your neck.
And send them to the king of
Edom,
and to the king of Moab,
and to the king of the
Ammonites,
and to the king of Tyrus,
and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto
Zedekiah king of Judah;
Send word to the kings of
Edom, Moab,
Ammon, Tyre,
and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to
Zedekiah king of Judah.
And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
Give them a message from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, to relay to their masters:
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
And now have I given all these lands into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant;
and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
All nations will serve him
and his son
and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations
and great kings will
enslave him.
And it shall come to pass, that the nation
and kingdom which will not serve the same
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,
and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I
punish, saith the LORD, with the sword,
and with the famine,
and with the
pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will
punish that nation by sword
and famine
and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.
For they
prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land;
and that I should drive you out,
and ye should perish.
For they
prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will
banish you
and you will perish.
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon
and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to
cultivate it
and reside in it, declares the LORD.”
I spake also to
Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon,
and serve him
and his people,
and live.
And to
Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him
and his people,
and live!
Why will ye die, thou
and thy people, by the sword, by the famine,
and by the
pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they
prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out,
and that ye might perish, ye,
and the prophets that
prophesy unto you.
For I have not sent them, declares the LORD,
and yet they are
prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will
banish you,
and you will perish—you
and the prophets who
prophesy to you.”
Also I spake to the priests
and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD;
Hearken not to the words of your prophets that
prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD’S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they
prophesy a lie unto you.
Then I said to the priests
and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not
listen to the words of your prophets who
prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are
prophesying to you a lie.
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon,
and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
Do not
listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon
and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
But if they be prophets,
and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make
intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD,
and in the house of the king of Judah,
and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
If they are indeed prophets
and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now
plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah,
and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
Which
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away
captive Jeconiah the son of
Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon,
and all the nobles of Judah
and Jerusalem;
which
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of
Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah
and Jerusalem.
Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD,
and in the house of the king of Judah
and of Jerusalem;
Yes, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah,
and in Jerusalem:
They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
‘They will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again,’ declares the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’”
And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year,
and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of
Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests
and of all the people, saying,
In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King
Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from
Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests
and all the people:
Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD’S house, that
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place,
and carried them to Babylon:
Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here
and carried to Babylon.
And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of
Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the
captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of
Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD,
Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD.
Even the prophet Jeremiah said,
Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast
prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD’S house,
and all that is carried away
captive, from Babylon into this place.
“
Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD
fulfill the words you have
prophesied,
and may He restore the articles of His house
and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.
Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;
Nevertheless,
listen now to this message I am speaking in your hearing
and in the hearing of all the people.
The prophets that have been before me
and before thee of old
prophesied both against many countries,
and against great kingdoms, of war,
and of evil,
and of
pestilence.
The prophets of old who preceded you
and me
prophesied war,
disaster,
and plague against many lands
and great kingdoms.
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck,
and brake it.
Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years.
And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.
Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
“Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
and they shall serve him:
and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”
So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
And in the seventh month of that very year, the prophet Hananiah died.
Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away
captives,
and to the priests,
and to the prophets,
and to all the people whom
Nebuchadnezzar had carried away
captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the
surviving elders among the exiles
and to the priests, the prophets,
and all the others
Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
(This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah
and Jerusalem, the
craftsmen,
and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)
By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan,
and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom
Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan
and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom
Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King
Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
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.
Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
And seek the peace of the city
whither I have caused you to be carried away
captives,
and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will
prosper.”
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.
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be
deceived by the prophets
and diviners among you,
and do not
listen to the dreams you
elicit from them.
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.
For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you
and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
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.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to
prosper you
and not to
harm you, to give you a future
and a hope.
Then shall ye call upon me,
and ye shall go
and pray unto me,
and I will
hearken unto you.
Then you will call upon Me
and come
and pray to Me,
and I will
listen to you.
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
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.
I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
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;
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 brothers who did not go with you into exile—
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.
this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword
and famine
and plague,
and I will make them like
rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.
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:
I will pursue them with sword
and famine
and plague. I will make them a
horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a
curse, a
desolation,
and an object of
scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I
banish them.
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.
I will do this because they have not
listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again
and again through My servants the prophets.
And neither have you exiles
listened, declares the LORD.”
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of
Ahab the son of Kolaiah,
and of
Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which
prophesy a lie unto 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;
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about
Ahab son of Kolaiah
and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are
prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
and he will kill them before your very eyes.