29:1 These
are
the
words
of
the
letter
that
Jeremiah
the
prophet
sent
from
Jerusalem
to
the
surviving
elders
of
the
exiles,
and
to
the
priests,
the
prophets,
and
all
the
people,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
had
taken
into
exile
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon.
29:2 This
was
after
King
Jeconiah
and
the
queen
mother,
the
eunuchs,
the
officials
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
the
craftsmen,
and
the
metal
workers
had
departed
from
Jerusalem.
29:3 The
letter
was
sent
by
the
hand
of
Elasah
the
son
of
Shaphan
and
Gemariah
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
whom
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah
sent
to
Babylon
to
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon.
It
said:
29:4 "Thus
says
the
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel,
to
all
the
exiles
whom
I
have
sent
into
exile
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon:
29:5 Build
houses
and
live
in
them;
plant
gardens
and
eat
their
produce.
29:6 Take
wives
and
have
sons
and
daughters;
take
wives
for
your
sons,
and
give
your
daughters
in
marriage,
that
they
may
bear
sons
and
daughters;
multiply
there,
and
do
not
decrease.
29:7 But
seek
the
welfare
of
the
city
where
I
have
sent
you
into
exile,
and
pray
to
the
LORD
on
its
behalf,
for
in
its
welfare
you
will
find
your
welfare.
29:8 For
thus
says
the
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel:
Do
not
let
your
prophets
and
your
diviners
who
are
among
you
deceive
you,
and
do
not
listen
to
the
dreams
that
they
dream,
29:9 for
it
is
a
lie
that
they
are
prophesying
to
you
in
my
name;
I
did
not
send
them,
declares
the
LORD.
29:10 "For
thus
says
the
LORD:
When
seventy
years
are
completed
for
Babylon,
I
will
visit
you,
and
I
will
fulfill
to
you
my
promise
and
bring
you
back
to
this
place.
29:11 For
I
know
the
plans
I
have
for
you,
declares
the
LORD,
plans
for
welfare
and
not
for
evil,
to
give
you
a
future
and
a
hope.
29:12 Then
you
will
call
upon
me
and
come
and
pray
to
me,
and
I
will
hear
you.
29:13 You
will
seek
me
and
find
me,
when
you
seek
me
with
all
your
heart.
29:14 I
will
be
found
by
you,
declares
the
LORD,
and
I
will
restore
your
fortunes
and
gather
you
from
all
the
nations
and
all
the
places
where
I
have
driven
you,
declares
the
LORD,
and
I
will
bring
you
back
to
the
place
from
which
I
sent
you
into
exile.
29:15 "Because
you
have
said,
'The
LORD
has
raised
up
prophets
for
us
in
Babylon,'
29:16 thus
says
the
LORD
concerning
the
king
who
sits
on
the
throne
of
David,
and
concerning
all
the
people
who
dwell
in
this
city,
your
kinsmen
who
did
not
go
out
with
you
into
exile:
29:17 'Thus
says
the
LORD
of
hosts,
behold,
I
am
sending
on
them
sword,
famine,
and
pestilence,
and
I
will
make
them
like
vile
figs
that
are
so
rotten
they
cannot
be
eaten.
29:18 I
will
pursue
them
with
sword,
famine,
and
pestilence,
and
will
make
them
a
horror
to
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth,
to
be
a
curse,
a
terror,
a
hissing,
and
a
reproach
among
all
the
nations
where
I
have
driven
them,
29:19 because
they
did
not
pay
attention
to
my
words,
declares
the
LORD,
that
I
persistently
sent
to
you
by
my
servants
the
prophets,
but
you
would
not
listen,
declares
the
LORD.'
29:20 Hear
the
word
of
the
LORD,
all
you
exiles
whom
I
sent
away
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon:
29:21 'Thus
says
the
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel,
concerning
Ahab
the
son
of
Kolaiah
and
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
who
are
prophesying
a
lie
to
you
in
my
name:
Behold,
I
will
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
shall
strike
them
down
before
your
eyes.
29:22 Because
of
them
this
curse
shall
be
used
by
all
the
exiles
from
Judah
in
Babylon:
"The
LORD
make
you
like
Zedekiah
and
Ahab,
whom
the
king
of
Babylon
roasted
in
the
fire,"
29:23 because
they
have
done
an
outrageous
thing
in
Israel,
they
have
committed
adultery
with
their
neighbors'
wives,
and
they
have
spoken
in
my
name
lying
words
that
I
did
not
command
them.
I
am
the
one
who
knows,
and
I
am
witness,
declares
the
LORD.'"
29:24 To
Shemaiah
of
Nehelam
you
shall
say:
29:25 "Thus
says
the
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel:
You
have
sent
letters
in
your
name
to
all
the
people
who
are
in
Jerusalem,
and
to
Zephaniah
the
son
of
Maaseiah
the
priest,
and
to
all
the
priests,
saying,
29:26 'The
LORD
has
made
you
priest
instead
of
Jehoiada
the
priest,
to
have
charge
in
the
house
of
the
LORD
over
every
madman
who
prophesies,
to
put
him
in
the
stocks
and
neck
irons.
29:27 Now
why
have
you
not
rebuked
Jeremiah
of
Anathoth
who
is
prophesying
to
you
29:28 For
he
has
sent
to
us
in
Babylon,
saying,
"Your
exile
will
be
long;
build
houses
and
live
in
them,
and
plant
gardens
and
eat
their
produce."'"
29:29 Zephaniah
the
priest
read
this
letter
in
the
hearing
of
Jeremiah
the
prophet.
29:30 Then
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
Jeremiah:
29:31 "Send
to
all
the
exiles,
saying,
'Thus
says
the
LORD
concerning
Shemaiah
of
Nehelam:
Because
Shemaiah
had
prophesied
to
you
when
I
did
not
send
him,
and
has
made
you
trust
in
a
lie,
29:32 therefore
thus
says
the
LORD:
Behold,
I
will
punish
Shemaiah
of
Nehelam
and
his
descendants.
He
shall
not
have
anyone
living
among
this
people,
and
he
shall
not
see
the
good
that
I
will
do
to
my
people,
declares
the
LORD,
for
he
has
spoken
rebellion
against
the
LORD.'"