1Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Esth 9:20Acts 15:23Heb 13:22Jer 29:25-29Rev 2:1-32 Chr 30:1-62 Cor 7:8Jer 24:1-7Jer 28:4Gal 6:11
2(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 22:24-282 Chr 36:9-102 Kgs 24:12-16Jer 27:202 Kgs 20:182 Kgs 9:32Dan 1:3-21Jer 24:1Jer 28:4
3By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Chr 6:132 Chr 34:202 Kgs 22:122 Kgs 22:8Ezek 8:11Jer 26:24Jer 36:25Jer 39:14
4Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 24:5Amos 3:6Isa 10:5-6Isa 45:7Isa 59:1-2Isa 5:5
5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 29:28Jer 29:10Ezek 28:26
6Take 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 21:21Gen 24:3-4Gen 24:51Gen 28:1-4Gen 29:19Judg 12:91 Cor 7:36-381 Tim 5:14Gen 1:27-28Gen 34:4
7And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Tim 2:1-2Ezra 6:101 Pet 2:13-17Ezra 7:23Dan 4:27Rom 13:1Rom 13:5Dan 4:19Dan 6:4-5
8For thus saith the Lord 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eph 5:62 Thess 2:9-11Jer 5:312 Pet 2:2-32 Tim 3:13Jer 14:14Jer 27:14-15Jer 27:9Jer 28:15Rev 13:14
9For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 27:15Jer 29:31Jer 29:23
10For thus saith the Lord, 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Dan 9:2Jer 24:6-7Zech 7:5Jer 25:12Jer 27:22Jer 32:42-442 Chr 36:21-Ezra 1:2Zeph 2:7Jer 27:7
11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 55:8-12Ps 33:11Mic 4:12Ps 40:5Job 23:13Lam 3:26Isa 46:10-11Ezek 34:11-31Jer 3:12-19Jer 31:1-33
12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 7:7-8Jer 33:3Ps 50:15Ps 145:19Isa 65:24Ps 10:17Zech 13:9Jer 31:9Isa 30:19Dan 9:3-19
13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 4:29-31Ps 119:2Matt 7:7Ps 119:10Jer 24:7Joel 2:12Luke 11:9-10Ps 91:15Isa 55:6-7Ps 119:145
14And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: 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 Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezek 36:1-38Jer 30:31 Chr 28:9Mic 4:12Rom 10:202 Chr 15:12-15Deut 30:3Deut 4:7Isa 45:19Jer 16:14-15
15Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezek 1:1Ezek 1:3Jer 28:1-17Jer 29:8-9
16Know that thus saith the Lord 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; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 38:17-23Jer 38:2-3Ezek 17:12-21Ezek 21:9-27Ezek 22:31Ezek 24:1-14Ezek 6:1-9Jer 24:2Jer 29:3
17Thus saith the Lord 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 24:8-10Jer 29:18Ezek 14:12-21Ezek 5:12-17Jer 15:2-3Jer 24:1-3Jer 27:8Jer 34:17-22Jer 43:11Jer 52:6
18And 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: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 29:8Jer 15:4Jer 42:18Deut 28:25Jer 24:9Jer 34:17Ezek 12:15Isa 65:15Jer 25:9Lam 2:15-16
19Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 6:19Jer 26:5Heb 12:25Jer 25:3-7Jer 34:17Jer 35:14-16Jer 7:13Jer 7:24-26Zech 1:4-6Zech 7:11-13
20Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 24:5Mic 4:10Ezek 3:11Ezek 3:15
21Thus saith the Lord 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; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 14:14-15Jer 29:8-9Lam 2:14
22And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Dan 3:6Isa 65:15Dan 3:21Gen 48:201 Cor 16:22Ruth 4:11
23Because 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 Lord. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Heb 4:13Jer 23:14Mal 3:5Jer 16:17Jer 29:21Jer 29:8-9Prov 5:212 Pet 2:10-19Jer 13:27Jer 23:21
24Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 29:31-32
25Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 29:29Jer 37:3Jer 52:241 Kgs 21:8-132 Chr 32:172 Kgs 10:1-72 Kgs 19:142 Kgs 19:92 Kgs 25:18-21Acts 9:2
26The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 20:1-22 Kgs 9:11Acts 26:24Hos 9:7John 10:20Acts 16:24Deut 13:1-5Mark 3:212 Chr 16:102 Chr 18:26
27Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 25:162 Tim 3:8Acts 4:17-21Acts 5:28Acts 5:40Amos 7:12-13Jer 1:1Jer 29:26Jer 43:2-3John 11:47-53
28For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 29:5Jer 29:1Jer 29:10
29And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 29:25
30Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, Many Bible Versions Ask AI
31Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 29:9Ezek 13:22-23Ezek 13:8-16Jer 14:14-15Jer 29:23-242 Pet 2:1Jer 23:21Jer 28:15-17
32Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the Lord; because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 28:162 Kgs 7:19-20Jer 17:61 Sam 2:30-342 Kgs 7:2Jer 22:302 Kgs 5:27Amos 7:17Exod 20:5Isa 14:20