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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 .
Now
these
are
the words
of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue
of
the
elders of
the captivity,
and to the priests, and
to
the prophets, and to
all the people,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar had carried away
captive
from Jerusalem to Babylon ,
( 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 .
)
(after that
Jeconiah the
king
, and
the queen -
mother, and
the eunuchs
, [and]
the princes
of Judah and Jerusalem, and
the craftsmen, and the smiths,
were
departed
from Jerusalem) ,
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:
by
the hand
of
Elasah the
son of Shaphan ,
and Gemariah the
son of Hilkiah, (
whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon
to
Nebuchadnezzar king
of
Babylon ),
saying,
This
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts, the God of Israel, says
to all the exiles
who
were
carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
Thus
says
Yahweh
of Hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captivity,
whom
I
have
caused
to
be
carried away captive
from Jerusalem to Babylon:
“
Build houses and settle
down.
Plant gardens and eat their
produce
.
Build you
houses ,
and dwell
in
them;
and
plant gardens ,
and eat the
fruit
of
them
.
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
.
Take wives ,
and father
sons and daughters ;
and
take wives for your sons ,
and give your daughters to
husbands
, that they may bear
sons and daughters ;
and
multiply you
there ,
and
don't
be
diminished
.
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
. ”
Seek the peace
of the city where
I have caused
you to be
carried
away
captive
, and
pray
to
Yahweh
for it ;
for
in
the
peace
of
it
shall
you have
peace
.
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
.
For thus
says
Yahweh
of hosts, the God of Israel: Don't
let
your
prophets who
are
in
the
midst
of
you, and your
diviners,
deceive
you;
neither
listen you
to your
dreams which
you cause
to
be
dreamed
.
For they are
falsely prophesying
to you in My name ;
I have not sent them, declares
the
LORD
. ”
For they prophesy
falsely to you in my name :
I have not sent them, says
Yahweh
.
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.
For thus
says Yahweh,
After
seventy years are accomplished
for
Babylon
, I will visit
you ,
and perform
my good
word
toward
you ,
in
causing
you
to return
to
this place.
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.
For I know the thoughts
that
I think
toward
you, says
Yahweh
, thoughts
of
peace,
and not of
evil
, to give you hope in
your
latter
end
.
Then
you will
call upon
Me and come
and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
You shall
call on
me ,
and you
shall
go
and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
You will
seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
You shall
seek me ,
and find me ,
when you shall
search for me with all your heart.
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
. ”
I will be found by you, says
Yahweh
, and I will turn
again
your
captivity ,
and I
will
gather you from all the nations ,
and from
all
the
places where
I have driven
you, says
Yahweh;
and
I will bring
you again
to the place from where
I caused
you to
be
carried
away
captive
.
Because you may
say
, “The
LORD
has raised up
for
us prophets in Babylon ,”
Because you have
said
, Yahweh
has raised us up
prophets in Babylon ;
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—
thus
says Yahweh
concerning
the king who sits on the
throne of
David,
and concerning
all the people who dwell
in this city, your brothers who haven't
gone
forth
with you into captivity;
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.
thus
says
Yahweh
of Hosts ;
Behold,
I will send on
them the
sword ,
the
famine ,
and the
pestilence
, and will make them like vile
figs, that
can't
be eaten ,
they
are
so
bad
.
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 .
I will pursue after
them with the
sword ,
with
the
famine ,
and with
the
pestilence,
and
will deliver
them to be
tossed
back
and
forth
among
all the kingdoms of the earth, to
be
an object of horror,
and an
astonishment,
and
a
hissing,
and
a
reproach ,
among all the nations where
I have
driven
them ;
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
. ”
because they have not listened to my words, says
Yahweh
, with
which I sent to them my servants the prophets ,
rising
up
early
and sending
them;
but
you would
not
hear
, says
Yahweh
.
So
hear the word of the
LORD
, all you exiles
I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Hear you
therefore
the word of Yahweh
, all you of
the
captivity,
whom
I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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 .
Thus
says
Yahweh
of Hosts, the God of Israel, concerning
Ahab the
son of Kolaiah ,
and concerning
Zedekiah the
son of Maaseiah, who prophesy
a
lie
to you in my name: Behold,
I will deliver them into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon ;
and he shall
kill them before your eyes ;
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 !’
and
of them shall
be
taken
up
a
curse
by
all the captives
of Judah who are in Babylon ,
saying,
Yahweh
make you like Zedekiah and like
Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire ;
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
. ”
because
they have worked
folly
in Israel ,
and
have
committed
adultery with their neighbors '
wives,
and have
spoken
words
in my name falsely
, which I didn't
command them ;
and
I am he who knows, and am witness, says
Yahweh
.
You
are
to
tell
Shemaiah the Nehelamite that
Concerning
Shemaiah the Nehelamite you
shall
speak,
saying,
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:
Thus
speaks
Yahweh
of Hosts, the God of Israel, saying,
Because
you have sent letters in
your
own
name
to all the people who
are
at
Jerusalem, and
to Zephaniah the
son of Maaseiah, the
priest,
and to all the priests ,
saying,
‘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
.
Yahweh
has made
you priest in the
place of Jehoiada the
priest
, that
there
may
be officers
in the house of Yahweh
, for every
man
who is
mad,
and
makes
himself
a prophet ,
that
you should
put him in the
stocks and in
shackles
.
So
now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses
as
a prophet among
you ?
Now therefore
, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes
himself
a prophet to
you ,
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.’”
because
he has sent to us in Babylon, saying
, [The
captivity]
is
long:
build you
houses ,
and dwell
in
them
; and
plant gardens ,
and eat the
fruit
of
them?
(
Zephaniah the priest ,
however,
had
read this letter to
Jeremiah the prophet. )
Zephaniah the priest read this letter in
the
ears
of
Jeremiah the prophet.
Then the word of the
LORD
came
to Jeremiah :
Then came
the word of Yahweh
to Jeremiah ,
saying,
“
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 ,
Send to
all them
of
the captivity,
saying,
Thus
says Yahweh
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite :
Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you ,
and
I didn't
send him ,
and he
has caused
you to
trust in a lie ;
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
. ’”
therefore
thus
says Yahweh,
Behold,
I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite ,
and his seed;
he shall
not
have a
man
to
dwell
among this people, neither
shall
he see the good that I will do
to my people, says
Yahweh
, because
he has spoken
rebellion against Yahweh
.
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