Verse 8
Jeremiah 29:8
Geneva Bible
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For thus saith the Lord of hostes the God (Elohim) of Israel, Let not your prophets, and your southsayers that bee among you, deceiue you, neither giue eare to your dreames, which you dreame.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַל יַשִּׁ֧יאוּ לָ/כֶ֛ם נְבִֽיאֵי/כֶ֥ם אֲשֶׁר בְּ/קִרְבְּ/כֶ֖ם וְ/קֹֽסְמֵי/כֶ֑ם וְ/אַֽל תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל חֲלֹמֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֖ם מַחְלְמִֽים
English Translation
For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that you dream.
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Chapter 29 Context
1
Now these are the wordes of the booke that Ieremiah the Prophet sent from Ierusalem vnto the residue...
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(After that Ieconiah the King, and the Queene, and the eunuches, the princes of Iudah, and of Ierusa...
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By the hand of Elasah the sonne of Shaphan and Gemariah the sonne of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah King of...
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Thus hath the Lord of hostes the God (Elohim) of Israel spoken vnto all that are caryed away captiue...
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5
Buylde you houses to dwell in, and plant you gardens, and eate the fruites of them.
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6
Take you wiues, and beget sonnes and daughters, and take wiues for your sonnes, and giue your daught...
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And seeke the prosperitie of the citie, whither I haue caused you to be caried away captiues, and pr...
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8
For thus saith the Lord of hostes the God (Elohim) of Israel, Let not your prophets, and your souths...
9
For they prophecie you a lie in my Name: I haue not sent them, saith the Lord.
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10
But thus saith the Lord, That after seuentie yeeres be accomplished at Babel, I will visite you, and...
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11
For I knowe the thoughtes, that I haue thought towards you, saith the Lord, euen the thoughtes of pe...
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12
Then shall you crie vnto mee, and ye shall go and pray vnto me, and I will heare you,
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13
And ye shall seeke mee and finde mee, because ye shall seeke mee with all your heart.
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14
And I wil be found of you, saith the Lord, and I will turne away your captiuitie, and I will gather...
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15
Because ye haue sayd, The Lord hath raised vs vp Prophets in Babel,
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16
Therefore thus saith the Lord of the King, that sitteth vpon the throne of Dauid, and of all the peo...
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17
Euen thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Beholde, I will sende vpon them the sworde, the famine, and the...
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18
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence: and I will make...
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19
Because they haue not hearde my words, saith the Lord, which I sent vnto them by my seruantes the Pr...
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20
Heare ye therefore the word of the Lord all ye of the captiuitie, whome I haue sent from Ierusalem t...
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21
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God (Elohim) of Israel, of Ahab the sonne of Kolaiah, and of Zede...
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22
And al they of the captiuitie of Iudah, that are in Babel, shall take vp this curse against them, an...
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23
Because they haue committed vilenie in Israel, and haue committed adulterie with their neighbours wi...
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24
Thou shalt also speake to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
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25
Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, the God (Elohim) of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters...
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26
The Lord hath made thee Priest for Iehoiada the Priest, that yee should bee officers in the House of...
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27
Nowe therefore why hast not thou reproued Ieremiah of Anathoth, which prophecieth vnto you?
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For, for this cause hee sent vnto vs in Babel, saying, This captiuitie is long: buyld houses to dwel...
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29
And Zephaniah the Priest red this letter in the eares of Ieremiah the Prophet.
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30
Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Ieremiah, saying,
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31
Send to all them of the captiuitie, saying, Thus saith the Lord of Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because...
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32
Therefore thus saieth the Lord, Behold, I wil visite Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seede: hee sha...
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