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Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 29

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Chapter 29 of Jeremiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now these are the words of the 1letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the exile, the priests, the prophets and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
  2. (This was after King 2Jeconiah and the 3queen mother, the court officials, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.)
  3. The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of 4Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, saying,
  4. “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have 5sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon,
  5. ‘6Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their [a]produce.
  6. Take 7wives and [b]become the fathers of sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there and do not decrease.
  7. 8Seek the [c]welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and 9pray to the LORD on its behalf; for in its [d]welfare you will have [e]welfare.’
  8. For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your 10prophets who are in your midst and your diviners 11deceive you, and do not listen to [f]12the dreams which [g]they dream.
  9. For they 13prophesy falsely to you in My name; 14I have not sent them,’ declares the LORD.
  10. ¶ “For thus says the LORD, ‘When 15seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My 16good word to you, to bring you back to this place.
  11. For I know the 17plans that I [h]have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for 18welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a 19hope.
  12. Then you will 20call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will 21listen to you.
  13. You will 22seek Me and find Me when you 23search for Me with all your heart.
  14. I will be 24found by you,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will 25restore your [i]fortunes and will 26gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will 27bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.’
  15. ¶ “Because you have said, ‘The LORD has raised up 28prophets for us in Babylon’—
  16. for 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 brothers who did 29not go with you into exile—
  17. thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Behold, I am sending upon them the 30sword, famine and pestilence, and I will make them like 31split-open figs that cannot be eaten due to rottenness.
  18. I will pursue them with the sword, with famine and with pestilence; and I will 32make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a 33curse and a horror and a 34hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,
  19. because they have 35not listened to My words,’ declares the LORD, ‘which I sent to them again and again by 36My servants the prophets; but you did not listen,’ declares the LORD.
  20. You, therefore, hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles, whom I have 37sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
  21. ¶ “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who are 38prophesying to you falsely in My name, ‘Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will slay them before your eyes.
  22. Because of them a 39curse will be [j]used by all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon, saying, “May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon 40roasted in the fire,
  23. because they have 41acted foolishly in Israel, and 42have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have 43spoken words in My name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am He who 44knows and am a witness,” declares the LORD.’”
  24. ¶ To 45Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
  25. “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have sent 46letters in your own name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to 47Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
  26. “The LORD has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be the [k]48overseer in the house of the LORD over every 49madman who 50prophesies, to 51put him in the stocks and in the iron collar,
  27. now then, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of 52Anathoth who prophesies to you?
  28. For he has 53sent to us in Babylon, saying, ‘The exile will be 54long; 55build houses and live in them and plant gardens and eat their [l]produce.’”’”
  29. 56Zephaniah the priest read this letter [m]to Jeremiah the prophet.
  30. Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying,
  31. “Send to 57all the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD concerning 58Shemaiah the Nehelamite, “Because Shemaiah has 59prophesied to you, although I did not send him, and he has 60made you trust in a lie,”
  32. therefore thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am about to 61punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his [n]descendants; he will 62not have anyone living among this people, 63and he will not see the good that I am about to do to My people,” declares the LORD, “because he has [o]64preached rebellion against the LORD.”’”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit fruit
  2. ^ Lit beget
  3. ^ Or peace
  4. ^ Or peace
  5. ^ Or peace
  6. ^ Lit your
  7. ^ Lit you
  8. ^ Lit am planning
  9. ^ Or captivity
  10. ^ Lit taken
  11. ^ Lit overseers
  12. ^ Lit fruit
  13. ^ Lit in the ears of
  14. ^ Lit seed
  15. ^ Lit spoken

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ch 30:1, 6; Es 9:20; Je 29:25, 29
  2. ^ 2Ki 24:12-16; 2Ch 36:9, 10; Je 22:24-28; 24:1; 27:20
  3. ^ 2Ki 24:12, 15; Je 13:18; 22:26
  4. ^ 1Ch 6:13
  5. ^ Je 24:5
  6. ^ Je 29:28
  7. ^ Je 16:2-4
  8. ^ Da 4:27; 6:4, 5
  9. ^ Ezr 6:10; 7:23; Da 4:19; 1Ti 2:1, 2
  10. ^ Je 27:9; 29:1
  11. ^ Je 14:14; 23:21; 27:14, 15; 28:15; Eph 5:6
  12. ^ Je 23:25, 27
  13. ^ Je 27:15; 29:21
  14. ^ Je 29:31
  15. ^ 2Ch 36:21-23; Je 25:12; 27:22; Da 9:2; Zc 7:5
  16. ^ Je 24:6, 7; Zp 2:7
  17. ^ Ps 40:5; Je 23:5, 6; 30:9, 10
  18. ^ Is 40:9-11; Je 30:18-22
  19. ^ Je 31:17; Ho 2:15
  20. ^ Ps 50:15; Je 33:3; Da 9:3
  21. ^ Ps 145:19
  22. ^ De 4:29; Ps 32:6; Mt 7:7
  23. ^ 1Ch 22:19; 2Ch 22:9; Je 24:7
  24. ^ De 30:1-10; Ps 32:6; Is 55:6
  25. ^ Je 30:3; 32:37-41
  26. ^ Is 43:5, 6; Je 23:8; 32:37
  27. ^ Je 3:14; 12:15; 16:15
  28. ^ Je 29:21, 24
  29. ^ Je 38:2, 3, 17-23
  30. ^ Je 27:8; 29:18; 32:24
  31. ^ Je 24:3, 8-10
  32. ^ De 28:25; 2Ch 29:8; Je 15:4; 24:9; 34:17; Eze 12:15
  33. ^ Is 65:15; Je 42:18
  34. ^ Je 25:9; La 2:15, 16
  35. ^ Je 6:19
  36. ^ Je 25:4; 26:5; 35:15
  37. ^ Je 24:5; Eze 11:9; Mc 4:10
  38. ^ Je 14:14, 15; 29:8, 9; La 2:14; 2Pe 2:1
  39. ^ Is 65:15
  40. ^ Da 3:6, 21
  41. ^ Ge 34:7; 2Sa 13:12
  42. ^ Je 5:8; 23:14
  43. ^ Je 29:8, 9, 21
  44. ^ Pr 5:21; Je 7:11; 16:17; Ml 3:5; Heb 4:13
  45. ^ Je 29:31, 32
  46. ^ Je 29:1
  47. ^ 2Ki 25:18; Je 21:1; 29:29; 37:3; 52:24
  48. ^ Je 20:1
  49. ^ 2Ki 9:11; Ho 9:7; Mr 3:21; Jn 10:20; Ac 26:24, 25; 2Co 5:13
  50. ^ De 13:1-5; Zc 13:1-5
  51. ^ Je 20:1, 2; Ac 16:24
  52. ^ Je 1:1
  53. ^ Je 29:1
  54. ^ Je 29:10
  55. ^ Je 29:5
  56. ^ Je 29:25
  57. ^ Je 29:20
  58. ^ Je 29:24
  59. ^ Je 14:14, 15; 29:9, 23; Eze 13:8-16, 22, 23
  60. ^ Je 28:15
  61. ^ Je 36:31
  62. ^ 1Sa 2:30-34; Je 22:30
  63. ^ 2Ki 7:2, 19, 20; Je 17:6; 29:10
  64. ^ De 13:5; Je 28:16

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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