I have not sent them, says the Lord.ġ0 For thus says the Lord, When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you and keep My good promise to you, causing you to return to this place.ġ1 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.ġ2 Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you.ġ3 Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile."ġ5 You may say, "The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,"ġ6 But 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 fellow citizens who did not go with you into exile –ġ7 Yes, this is what the LORD Almighty says: "I will send the sword, famine and plague against them and I will make them like figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten."ġ8 I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse and an object of horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.Ĥ Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captives whom I have caused to be carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:ĥ Build yourselves houses and dwell in them plant gardens and eat the fruit of them.Ħ Take wives and have sons and daughters take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters multiply there, and do not be diminished.ħ And seek (inquire for, require, and request) the peace and welfare of the city to which I have caused you to be carried away captive and pray to the Lord for it, for in the welfare of you will have welfare.Ĩ For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you pay no attention and attach no significance to your dreams which you dream or to theirsĩ For they prophesy falsely to you in My name. ![]() ![]() I have not sent them," declares the LORD."ġ0 This is what the LORD says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place."ġ1 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.ġ2 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.ġ3 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.ġ4 "I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have."ĩ They are prophesying lies to you in my name. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper."Ĩ Yes, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Increase in number there do not decrease.ħ "Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. ![]() 4 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:ĥ "Build houses and settle down plant gardens and eat what they produce."Ħ Marry and have sons and daughters find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters.
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