Jeremiah Chapter 29
29:1 | Now these [are] the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from ![]() ![]() ![]() |
29:2 | (After that Jeconiah the ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
29:3 | By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
29:4 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of ![]() ![]() ![]() |
29:5 | Build ye ![]() |
29:6 | 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. |
29:7 | 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. |
29:8 | For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of ![]() |
29:9 | For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD. |
29:10 | For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at ![]() |
29:11 | For I know the thoughts that I ![]() ![]() |
29:12 | Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. |
29:13 | And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart. |
29:14 | 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. |
29:15 | Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in ![]() |
29:16 | [Know] that thus saith the LORD of the ![]() |
29:17 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the ![]() ![]() |
29:18 | And I will persecute them with the ![]() ![]() |
29:19 | 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. |
29:20 | Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from ![]() ![]() |
29:21 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of ![]() ![]() ![]() |
29:22 | And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which [are] in ![]() ![]() ![]() |
29:23 | Because they have committed villany in ![]() |
29:24 | [Thus] shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, |
29:25 | Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of ![]() ![]() |
29:26 | The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the ![]() |
29:27 | Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you? |
29:28 | For therefore he sent unto us [in] ![]() ![]() |
29:29 | And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. |
29:30 | Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, |
29:31 | 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 ![]() |
29:32 | 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 ![]() |