1. 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;
2. (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;)
3. 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,
4. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
5. Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
6. 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.
7. 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.
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 a 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.
20. Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
21. 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 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
22. And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
23. Because they have committed villainy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.
24. Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
25. Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
26. The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
27. Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
28. For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
29. And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
31. Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
32. Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
Prev 
List 
Next 86 of 156: because they
Prev 
List 
Next 24 of 45: because they have
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 4: because they have not
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: because they have not hearkened
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: driven them because
Prev 
List 
Next 17 of 37: them because
Prev 
List 
Next 5 of 14: them because they
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 3: them because they have
Prev 
List 
Next 220 of 394: they have
Prev 
List 
Next 16 of 30: they have not
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 3: they have not hearkened
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: they have not hearkened to
Prev 
List 
Next 133 of 242: have not
Prev 
List 
Next 10 of 12: have not hearkened
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 3: have not hearkened to
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: have not hearkened to my
Prev 
List 
Next 11 of 14: not hearkened
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 3: not hearkened to
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: not hearkened to my
Prev 
List 
Next 12 of 13: hearkened to
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 3: hearkened to my
Prev 
List 
Next 74 of 109: to my
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 5: to my words
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: to my words saith the lord
Prev 
List 
Next 39 of 60: my words
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: my words saith the lord
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: words saith the lord
Prev 
List 
Next 355 of 892: saith the
Prev 
List 
Next 334 of 854: saith the lord
Prev 
List 
Next 4 of 9: saith the lord which
Prev 
List 
Next 5186 of 6903: the lord
Prev 
List 
Next 66 of 79: the lord which
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: the lord which i
Prev 
List 
Next 68 of 85: lord which
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: lord which i
Prev 
List 
Next 203 of 280: which i
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 3: which i sent
Prev 
List 
Next 18 of 36: i sent
Prev 
List 
Next 4 of 7: i sent unto
Prev 
List 
Next 34 of 59: sent unto
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 7: sent unto them
Prev 
List 
Next 412 of 967: unto them
Prev 
List 
Next 6 of 7: unto them by
Prev 
List 
Next 42 of 58: them by
Prev 
List 
Next 25 of 40: by my
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 3: by my servants the prophets
Prev 
List 
Next 23 of 30: my servants
Prev 
List 
Next 5 of 9: my servants the prophets
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 3: my servants the prophets rising
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: my servants the prophets rising up early and sending them
Prev 
List 
Next 17 of 30: servants the
Prev 
List 
Next 10 of 19: servants the prophets
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 4: servants the prophets rising
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: servants the prophets rising up early and sending them
Prev 
List 
Next 79 of 157: the prophets
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 4: the prophets rising
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: the prophets rising up early and sending them
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 4: prophets rising
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: prophets rising up early and sending them
Prev 
List 
Next 7 of 11: rising up
Prev 
List 
Next 4 of 6: rising up early and
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 4: rising up early and sending them
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: rising up early and sending them but ye
Prev 
List 
Next 30 of 32: up early
Prev 
List 
Next 8 of 10: up early and
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 4: up early and sending them
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: up early and sending them but ye
Prev 
List 
Next 17 of 24: early and
Prev 
List 
Next 4 of 6: early and sending them
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 3: early and sending them but ye
Prev 
List 
Next 5 of 7: and sending
Prev 
List 
Next 4 of 6: and sending them
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 3: and sending them but ye
Prev 
List 
Next 4 of 6: sending them
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 3: sending them but ye
Prev 
List 
Next 60 of 118: them but
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 3: them but ye
Prev 
List 
Next 37 of 95: but ye
Prev 
List 
Next 8 of 25: ye would
Prev 
List 
Next 6 of 10: ye would not
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 3: ye would not hear
Prev 
List 
Next 79 of 131: would not
Prev 
List 
Next 12 of 15: would not hear
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: would not hear saith the lord
Prev 
List 
Next 35 of 53: not hear
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: not hear saith the lord
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 3: hear saith the lord
Prev 
List 
Next 356 of 892: saith the
Prev 
List 
Next 335 of 854: saith the lord
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: saith the lord hear ye
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 4: saith the lord hear
Prev 
List 
Next 5187 of 6903: the lord
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: the lord hear ye
Prev 
List 
Next 5 of 7: the lord hear
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: lord hear ye
Prev 
List 
Next 9 of 12: lord hear