Verse 22
Jeremiah 29:22
World Messianic Bible
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A curse will be taken up about them by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;’
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לֻקַּ֤ח מֵ/הֶם֙ קְלָלָ֔ה לְ/כֹל֙ גָּל֣וּת יְהוּדָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּ/בָבֶ֖ל לֵ/אמֹ֑ר יְשִֽׂמְ/ךָ֤ יְהוָה֙ כְּ/צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ וּ/כְ/אֶחָ֔ב אֲשֶׁר קָלָ֥/ם מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל בָּ/אֵֽשׁ
English Translation
And take from them a curse for all the exile of Judah which is in Babel, saying, "Yahweh will make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babel burned in the fire."
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Chapter 29 Context
1
Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue o...
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(after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the cra...
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by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Ju...
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Yahweh of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says to all the captives whom I have caused to be carr...
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“Build houses and dwell in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.
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Take wives and father sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husba...
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Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh fo...
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For Yahweh of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you an...
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9
For they prophesy falsely to you in my name. I have not sent them,” says Yahweh.
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10
For Yahweh says, “After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you and perform my...
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11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil,...
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12
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
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You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
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I will be found by you,” says Yahweh, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you f...
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15
Because you have said, “Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon;”
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16
Yahweh says concerning the king who sits on David’s throne, and concerning all the people who dwell...
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17
Yahweh of Armies says: “Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and w...
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I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver...
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because they have not listened to my words,” says Yahweh, “with which I sent to them my servants the...
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20
Hear therefore Yahweh’s word, all you captives, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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21
Yahweh of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concernin...
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A curse will be taken up about them by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘Yahweh...
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because they have done foolish things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ w...
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24
Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
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“Yahweh of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says, ‘Because you have sent letters in your own name...
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“Yahweh has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in Yahwe...
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Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
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because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, The captivity is long. Build houses, and dwell in them...
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29
Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.
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Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
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31
“Send to all of the captives, saying, ‘Yahweh says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: “Because Shem...
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therefore Yahweh says, “Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his offspring. He will not...
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