Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 .
And
these
`are'
words
of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto
the remnant
of
the
elders of
the removal,
and unto
the priests, and
unto
the prophets, and unto
all the people
--
whom
Nebuchadnezzar removed
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 the
going
forth
of
Jeconiah the king
, and
the mistress
, and
the officers,
heads
of Judah and Jerusalem, and
the artificer
, and the smith,
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
Eleasah
son of Shaphan ,
and Gemariah son of Hilkijah
, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto
Nebuchadnezzar king
of
Babylon --
to
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
said
Jehovah
of Hosts, God of Israel, to all the removal
that
I
removed
from Jerusalem to Babylon ,
“
Build houses and settle
down.
Plant gardens and eat their produce.
Build ye
houses ,
and abide;
and
plant ye
gardens ,
and eat their fruit;
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 ye
wives ,
and beget
sons and daughters ;
and
take for your sons wives,
and your daughters give
to
husbands
, and
they bear
sons and daughters ;
and
multiply there ,
and
ye
are
not few;
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
. ”
And
seek the peace
of the city whither
I have removed
you, and
pray
for it unto
Jehovah
, for
in
its
peace
ye
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
said
Jehovah
of Hosts, God of Israel, Let
not your
prophets who
`are'
in
your
midst,
and your
diviners ,
lift
you up
, nor
hearken
ye
unto
their
dreams ,
thay
ye
are
causing
`
them '
to
dream;
For they are falsely
prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares
the
LORD
. ”
For with
falsehood
they are prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
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
said
Jehovah,
Surely
at
the fulness
of
Babylon
--
seventy years --
I inspect
you ,
and have
established
towards
you
My good
word,
to bring
you back
unto
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 have
known
the thoughts
that
I am
thinking
towards
you --
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah;
thoughts
of
peace
, and not of
evil
, to give to
you posterity
and hope.
Then
you
will
call
upon
Me and come
and pray
to
Me, and I will
listen
to
you .
`And
ye
have
called
Me ,
and have
gone,
and have
prayed
unto
Me, and I have
hearkened
unto
you ,
You
will
seek
Me
and find
Me when
you
search
for Me with all your heart .
And ye
have
sought
Me ,
and
have
found,
for ye
seek
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
. ”
And
I have
been
found of
you --
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah;
and I have
turned
back
`to'
your
captivity ,
and have
gathered
you out
of
all the nations ,
and out
of
all
the
places whither
I have driven
you --
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
--
and
I have
brought
you back
unto
the place whence
I removed
you.
Because you
may
say
, “The
LORD
has
raised up for
us prophets in Babylon, ”
`
Because ye
have
said
, Jehovah
hath
raised up to
us 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—
Surely
thus
said
Jehovah
concerning
the king who is
sitting
on the
throne of
David,
and concerning
all the people that
is
dwelling
in this city, your brethren
who went
not forth
with you in
the
removal;
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
said
Jehovah
of Hosts ,
Lo,
I am
sending
among
them the
sword ,
the
famine ,
and the
pestilence
, and I have
given
them up
as
figs that
`are'
vile
, that
are
not
eaten for
badness
.
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 .
And
I have
pursued
after
them with sword ,
with
famine ,
and with
pestilence,
and
have
given
them for
a trembling
to all kingdoms of the earth ,
for
a curse and
for
an
astonishment
, and
for
a hissing
, and for
a
reproach among all the nations whither
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 that
they have not hearkened
unto
My words --
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
--
that
I sent unto
them by
My servants the prophets ,
rising
early
and sending
, and
ye
hearkened
not
--
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
So
hear the
word of the
LORD
, all you
exiles
I have sent away
from Jerusalem to Babylon .
`And
ye,
hear ye
a
word of Jehovah
, all ye
of
the
captivity
that
I have sent 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
said
Jehovah
of Hosts, God of Israel, concerning
Ahab son of Kolaiah ,
and concerning
Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you in My name falsehood
: Lo,
I am
giving
them into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon, and he hath
smitten
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
taken
from
them hath
been
a
reviling
by
all the removed
of Judah that
`
are '
in Babylon ,
saying,
Jehovah
doth
set
thee
as
Zedekiah ,
and as
Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted with
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
that
they have done
folly
in Israel ,
and
commit
adultery with the wives of their neighbours,
and speak
a
word
in My name falsely
that
I have
not commanded
them ,
and
I `
am '
He who knoweth
and a witness --
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
You
are
to
tell
Shemaiah the Nehelamite that
`And
unto
Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou
dost
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
said
Jehovah
of Hosts, God of Israel, saying,
Because
that
thou
hast
sent
in thy
name letters unto
all the people who
`are'
in
Jerusalem, and
unto
Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the
priest
, and unto
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
.
Jehovah
hath
made
thee
priest instead
of Jehoiada the priest,
for
there
being
inspectors
of
the house of Jehovah
, for every
one
mad
and
making
himself
a prophet ,
and
thou
hast
put him unto
the
torture
and unto
the
stocks
.
So
now, why have
you
not rebuked
Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses
as
a prophet among
you?
And
now, why hast
thou
not pushed
against
Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is
making
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
that
he hath
sent unto
us to
Babylon, saying
, It
`is'
long,
build ye
houses ,
and abide
; and
plant ye
gardens ,
and eat their fruit
. '
(
Zephaniah the priest ,
however,
had
read
this letter to
Jeremiah the prophet. )
And
Zephaniah the priest readeth
this letter in
the
ears
of
Jeremiah the prophet.
Then
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
Jeremiah :
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
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 unto
all the removal,
saying,
Thus
said
Jehovah
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite ,
Because that
Shemaiah prophesied to you ,
and
I --
I
have
not sent
him ,
and he
doth
cause
you to
trust on
falsehood
,
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
said
Jehovah,
Lo,
I am
seeing
after
Shemaiah the Nehelamite ,
and after
his seed,
he hath
none
dwelling
in
the
midst
of
this people, nor doth
he look
on
the good that I am
doing
to My people --
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
--
for apostacy
he hath
spoken
against Jehovah
. '
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