Verse 3
Jeremiah 29:3
Literal Standard Version
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by the hand of Eleasah son of Shaphan, and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, saying,
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּ/יַד֙ אֶלְעָשָׂ֣ה בֶן שָׁפָ֔ן וּ/גְמַרְיָ֖ה בֶּן חִלְקִיָּ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁלַ֜ח צִדְקִיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֗ה אֶל נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֛ר מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל בָּבֶ֥לָ/ה לֵ/אמֹֽר
English Translation
By the hand of Elaishah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to say.
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Chapter 29 Context
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And these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remnant o...
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after the going forth of Jeconiah the king, and the mistress, and the officers, heads of Judah and J...
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by the hand of Eleasah son of Shaphan, and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent...
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“Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel, to all the expulsion that I removed from Jerusalem...
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Build houses and abide; and plant gardens and eat their fruit;
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take wives and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to hu...
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and seek the peace of the city to where I have removed you, and pray to YHWH for it, for in its peac...
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For thus said YHWH of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel: Do not let your prophets who are in your midst,...
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for they are prophesying with falsehood to you in My Name; I have not sent them, a declaration of YH...
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For thus said YHWH: Surely at the fullness of Babylon—seventy years—I inspect you, and have establis...
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For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking toward you—a declaration of YHWH; thoughts of peace...
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And you have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed to Me, and I have listened to you,
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and you have sought Me, and have found, for you seek Me with all your heart;
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and I have been found by you—a declaration of YHWH; and I have turned back to your captivity, and ha...
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Because you have said, YHWH has raised up prophets to us in Babylon,
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surely thus said YHWH concerning the king who is sitting on the throne of David, and concerning all...
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thus said YHWH of Hosts: Behold, I am sending the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them,...
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And I have pursued after them with sword, with famine, and with pestilence, and have given them for...
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because that they have not listened to My words—a declaration of YHWH—that I sent to them by My serv...
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And you, hear a word of YHWH, all you of the captivity that I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon—
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thus said YHWH of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel, concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zede...
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and because of them a reviling has been taken by all the expulsion of Judah that are in Babylon, say...
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because that they have done folly in Israel, and commit adultery with the wives of their neighbors,...
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And you speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
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Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel, saying, Because that you have sent letters in your...
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YHWH has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for there being inspectors of the house of...
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And now, why have you not pushed against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is making himself a prophet to yo...
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Because that he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, It is long, build houses and abide; and plant gar...
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And Zephaniah the priest reads this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
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And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah, saying,
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“Send to all the expulsion, saying, Thus said YHWH concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that...
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therefore, thus said YHWH: Behold, I am seeing after Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and after his seed, he...
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