The Lord God Tells of the Future Return from Babylon |
Jeremiah 29:1-32 The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks] |
Now, these are the words [from] the letter that Jeremiah, the prophet, sent from Jerusalem to the [rest] of the elders, priests, prophets & people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. (That [is] after: king Jeconiah & the: queen, eunuchs, the princes of Judah & Jerusalem & the carpenters & [blacksmiths had] departed from Jerusalem.) |
[Jeremiah's letter was sent] by the hand of Elasah, [Shaphan's] son & Gemariah, [Hilkiah's] son, (whom Zedekiah, [Judah's] king, sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king,) saying, The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says [this] to all, whom I have caused to be carried away [captive] from Jerusalem to Babylon. |
Build [yourselves] houses & [live] in them. And plant gardens & eat the [produce] from them. Take [yourselves] wives & [father] sons & daughters & give your daughters to husbands, [so] that they may bear sons & daughters; [so] you may [increase] there & not [be reduced.] |
And seek the peace of the city [where] I have caused you to be carried away [captive] & pray to the Lord for it. For in the peace [of it,] you shall have peace. [1 Timothy 2:1-6 Therefore, I, 1st of all, [urge: requests,] prayers, intercessions] & giving thanks, be made for all men; for kings & for all [who] are in authority, [so] we may lead a quiet & [peaceful] life, in all godliness & honesty. |
For this is good & [appropriate] in the sight of God our Savior; Who [desires to] have all men be saved & to come to the knowledge of the Truth. For there is one God & one Mediator between God & men, The Man, Christ Jesus; Who gave Himself [as] a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.] |
For the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says, [this, Don't] let your prophets & diviners, [who are] in the midst of you, deceive you & neither [listen] to your dreams, [that] you cause to be dreamed. [Ephesians 5:6-7 Let no man deceive you with vain, [a.k.a. prideful] words: for because of these things, the wrath of God comes upon the children [people] of disobedience. Therefore, [don't] be [participants] with them.] |
For they prophesy falsely to you in My Name. I haven't sent them, says the Lord. For the Lord says [this,] That after 70 years [are completed in] Babylon, I will visit you & [carry out] My good Word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. [Jeremiah 25:12 And it shall [happen,] when 70 years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon & that nation for their [sin] & the land of the Chaldeans & will make it [continually desolate,] says the Lord.] |
The Lord says, For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, thoughts of peace & not of evil & to give you an expected end. [Ezekiel 11:16-18 Therefore say, The Lord God says, [this;] Although I have cast them far [away,] among the heathen & scattered them among the countries, [still] I will be to them [like] a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. |
Therefore say, The Lord God says, [this,] I will even gather you from the people & assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered & I will give you the land of Israel. And they shall come [there] & they shall take away all the detestable things & all the abominations [of it,] from [there.] |
Then, you shall call upon Me & you shall go & pray to Me & I will [listen] to you. And you shall seek Me & find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. And I will be found [by] you, says the Lord. And I will [cause] your captivity [to stop.] |
And I will gather you from all the nations & places [where] I have driven you, says the Lord. And I will bring you again, into the place [from] [where] I caused you to be carried away captive. [Ezekiel 23:37-38 They that have committed adultery & blood is [on] their hands & they have committed adultery with their idols & have also caused their sons, whom they [bore] to Me, to pass through the fire, to devour them, for [their idols.] |
Because you have said, The Lord has raised up prophets [for] us in Babylon; [Jeremiah 23:30-32 The Lord says, [See,] I am against the prophets, [who] steal My Words, everyone from his neighbor. The Lord says, [Look,] I'm against the prophets, [who] use their [mouths] & say, [God] says. |
The Lord says, [See,] I'm against [those who] prophesy false dreams & tell them & cause My people to [go astray,] by their lies & their [indifference,] yet, I [didn't send] them, nor commanded them. Therefore, they shall not [benefit] this people at all, says the Lord.] |
Know that the Lord says, [this about] the king, [who] sits upon the throne of David & [about] all the people, [who] dwell in this city & your brethren, [who hadn't] gone [out] with you into captivity. |
The Lord of Hosts says [this, Look,] I will send upon them the sword, the famine & the pestilence & will make them like [bad] figs, that can't be eaten, they are so [rotten.] |
And I will persecute them with the sword, famine & pestilence & will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, an astonishment, [hissed at & disgraced] among all the nations, [where] I have driven them. |
Because they haven't [paid attention] to My Words, says the Lord, [that] I sent to them by My servants, the prophets, rising early [to warn] & sending them; but you wouldn't [listen,] says the Lord. |
[Matthew 23:37-38 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you, [who] kill the prophets & stone [those who] are sent to you. How often I would have gathered your children together, even [like] a hen gathers her chickens under her wings & you would not! Behold your house is left to you desolate. For I say to you, You shall not see Me [from now on, until] you shall say, Blessed is He, [Who] comes in the Name of the Lord.] |
Therefore, you hear the Word of the Lord, all you [from] captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon. The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says [this about,] Ahab, [Kolaiah's] son & Zedekiah, [Maaseiah's] son, [who] prophesy a lie to you in My Name. [Look,] I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king. And he shall [kill] them before your eyes. |
And of all [those] of [Judah's] captivity, [who] are in Babylon, shall [take] up a curse, saying, [May] the Lord make you like Zedekiah & Ahab, whom [Babylon's] king roasted in the fire, because they have committed [wickedness] in Israel & committed adultery with their neighbors' wives & have spoken lying word in My Name, [that] I haven't commanded them. |
Even, I know & Am a witness, says the Lord. You shall also speak [this] to Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, saying, The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, speaks [this,] saying, Because you have sent letters in your name to all the people, [who] are in Jerusalem & to Zephaniah, [Masseiah's] son, the priest, & to all the priests, saying, The Lord has made you [the] priest, in the [place] of Jehoiada, the priest, [so] that you [could] be officers of the [Lord's] house, for every man, [who is insane] & makes himself a prophet, [so] you [could] put him in prison in the stocks. |
Therefore, now, why haven't] you [corrected] Jeremiah of Anathoth, [who] makes himself a prophet to you? [Because] he sent to us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build [yourselves] houses & [live] in them. And plant gardens & eat the fruit [produced from] them. |
And Zephaniah, the priest, read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah, the prophet. Then the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, Send to all [those from] captivity, saying, The Lord says [this about] Shemaiah, the Nehelamite; Because Shemiah has prophesied to you & I [didn't send] him & he caused you to trust in a lie. |
Therefore, the Lord says [this, Watch,] I will punish Shemaiah, the Nehelamite & his [descendants] & he shall not have a man to [live] among this people, neither shall he [see] the good that I will do for My people, says the Lord; because he has taught rebellion against the Lord. |
[Jeremiah 28:16 Therefore, the Lord says [this, Look,] I will cast you [out] from off the [surface] of the earth. This year, you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the Lord.] |