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all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto
Babylon;
5
Build ye houses, and dwell
in them;
and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
6
Take
ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to
husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
7
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray
unto the L
ORD
for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
8
For thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners,
that
be
in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be
dreamed.
9
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the L
ORD
.
10
For thus saith the L
ORD
, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you,
and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
11
For I know the
thoughts that I think toward you, saith the L
ORD
, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an
expected end.
12
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken
unto you.
13
And ye shall seek me, and find
me,
when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
14
And I will be found of you, saith the L
ORD
: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather
you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the L
ORD
; and I
will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
15
Because ye have said, The L
ORD
hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
16
Know
that thus
saith the L
ORD
of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth
in this city,
and
of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
17
Thus saith the
L
ORD
of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will
make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
18
And I will persecute them with
the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the
kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among
all the nations whither I have driven them:
19
Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith
the L
ORD
, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending
them;
but ye would not hear, saith the L
ORD
.
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Hear ye therefore the word of the L
ORD
, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from
Jerusalem to Babylon:
21
Thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah,
and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will
deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your
eyes;
22
And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which
are
in Babylon,
saying, The L
ORD
make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in
the fire;
23
Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their
neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them;
even I know, and
am
a witness, saith the L
ORD
.
24
Thus
shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
25
Thus speaketh the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people
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