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Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

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For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, "Your exile will be long; build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their produce."'"

over 9 years ago

"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:26 ESV

'The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to have charge in the house of the Lord over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and neck irons.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:24 ESV

To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say:

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:23 ESV

because they have done an outrageous thing in Israel, they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and they have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them. I am the one who knows, and I am witness, declares the Lord.'"

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:22 ESV

Because of them this curse shall be used by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon: "The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,"

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:21 ESV

'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall strike them down before your eyes.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:20 ESV

Hear the word of the Lord, all you exiles whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:19 ESV

because they did not pay attention to my words, declares the Lord, that I persistently sent to you by my servants the prophets, but you would not listen, declares the Lord.'

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:18 ESV

I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, a terror, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:17 ESV

'Thus says the Lord of hosts, behold, I am sending on them sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like vile figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:16 ESV

thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your kinsmen who did not go out with you into exile:

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:15 ESV

"Because you have said, 'The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,'

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:14 ESV

I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:13 ESV

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:12 ESV

Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:11 ESV

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:10 ESV

"For thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 29:9 ESV

for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; I did not send them, declares the Lord.

over 9 years ago

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