Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 29

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Jeremiah 29 . 1 , Jeremiah sends a letter to the captives in Babylon to be quiet there , Jeremiah 29 . 8 , and not to believe the dreams of their prophets; Jeremiah 29 . 10 , and that they shall return with grace after seventy years; Jeremiah 29 . 15 , He foretells the destruction of the rest for their disobedience; Jeremiah 29 . 20 , He shews the fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah , two lying prophets; Jeremiah 29 . 24 , Shemaiah writes a letter against Jeremiah; Jeremiah 29 . 30 , Jeremiah foretells his doom.

Jeremiah 29:1

This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Jeremiah 29:1 · BSB

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Now This transaction is supposed to have taken place in the first or second year of Zedekiah.

Jeremiah 29:2

(This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)

Jeremiah 29:2 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:3

The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:

Jeremiah 29:3 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:4

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

Jeremiah 29:4 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:5

“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.

Jeremiah 29:5 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.

Jeremiah 29:6 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:7

Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Jeremiah 29:7 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:8

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.

Jeremiah 29:8 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:9

For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD."

Jeremiah 29:9 · BSB

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Heb. in a lie

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Jeremiah 29:10

For this is what the LORD says: "When Babylon's seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.

Jeremiah 29:10 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:11 · BSB

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Heb. end and expectation

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Jeremiah 29:12

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 29:12 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:13

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:13 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:14

I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile."

Jeremiah 29:14 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:15

Because you may say, "The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,"

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Jeremiah 29:16

this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David's throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—

Jeremiah 29:16 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:17

this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.

Jeremiah 29:17 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:18

I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

Jeremiah 29:18 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:19

I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”

Jeremiah 29:19 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:20

So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Jeremiah 29:20 · BSB

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Dr. Blayney thinks there were two letters written by the prophet to the captives in Babylon , and the first ends with this #### Verse. That having heard , on the return of the embassy , that the captives had received his advice favourably , and because they were deceived by false prophets , who promised them a speedier deliverance , he therefore wrote a second letter , beginning with the

  • Jeremiah 29:15 and going on with the twenty-first , etc. . in which order these #### Verses are read in the Septuagint in which he denounces God's judgments on the three chief of those , Ahab , Zedekiah , and Shemaiah

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Jeremiah 29:21

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

Jeremiah 29:21 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:22

Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’

Jeremiah 29:22 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:23

For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”

Jeremiah 29:23 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:24

You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that

Jeremiah 29:24 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:25

this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:

Jeremiah 29:25 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:26

‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

Jeremiah 29:26 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:27

So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?

Jeremiah 29:27 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:28

For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”

Jeremiah 29:28 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:29

(Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)

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Jeremiah 29:30

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

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Jeremiah 29:31

“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,

Jeremiah 29:31 · BSB

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Jeremiah 29:32

this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”

Jeremiah 29:32 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web8 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Jeremiah 29:13-14 → 2 Chronicles 15:2
Echoes Romans 13:1-7 → Jeremiah 29:7, Jeremiah 29:14 → Jeremiah 24:8, Jeremiah 29:14-16 → Jeremiah 24:8-10, Jeremiah 29:9 → Jeremiah 24:8, Jeremiah 29:9-10 → Jeremiah 24:8-10
Trajectories
Babylonian Exile (Judgment and Discipline), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope)
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