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Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles

1 These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to ¹the surviving elders of the exiles, and to ²the priests, ³the prophets, and ⁴all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

2 This was after ⁵King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had departed from Jerusalem.

3 The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of ⁶Shaphan and Gemariah the son of ⁷Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. It said:

4 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:

5 ⁸Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.

6 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 decrease.

7 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and ⁹pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: ¹⁰Do not let your prophets and ¹¹your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream,^a

9 for ¹²it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; ¹³I did not send them, declares the LORD.

10 "For thus says the LORD: ¹⁴When seventy years are completed for Babylon, ¹⁵I will visit you, ¹⁶and I will fulfill to you my promise ¹⁷and bring you back to this place.

11 ¹⁸For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare^b and not for evil, ¹⁹to give you a future and a hope.

12 ²⁰Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, ²¹and I will hear you.

13 ²²You will seek me and find me, when you seek me ²³with all your heart.

14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD, ²⁴and I will restore your fortunes and ²⁵gather you from all the nations and all the places ²⁶where I have driven you, declares the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

15 "Because you have said, 'The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,'

16 thus says the LORD concerning ²⁷the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your kinsmen who did not go out with you into exile:

17 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, behold, I am sending on them ²⁸sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like ²⁹vile figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten.

18 I will pursue them with ³⁰sword, famine, and pestilence, ³¹and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, ³²to be a curse, a terror, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations ³³where I have driven them,

19 because they did not pay attention to my words, declares the LORD, ³⁴that I persistently sent to you by my servants the prophets, but you would not listen, declares the LORD.'

20 Hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles ³⁵whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

21 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, ³⁶who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall strike them down before your eyes.

22 ³⁷Because of them ³⁸this curse shall be used by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon: "The LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, ³⁹whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,"

23 because they have done an outrageous thing in Israel, ⁴⁰they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and ⁴¹they have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them. ⁴²I am the one who knows, ⁴³and I am witness, declares the LORD.'"

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

Jeremias 29:1 Ora, são estas as palavras da carta que Jeremias, o profeta, enviou de Jerusalém, aos que restavam dos anciãos do cativeiro, como também aos sacerdotes, e aos profetas, e a todo o povo, que Nabucodonozor levara cativos de Jerusalém para Babilônia,

King James Version KJV

Jeremiah 29:1 Now 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;

New King James Version NKJV

Jeremiah 29:1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remainder of the elders who were carried away captive--to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Nova Versão Internacional NVIP

Jeremias 29:1 Este é o conteúdo da carta que o profeta Jeremias enviou de Jerusalém aos líderes, que ainda restavam entre os exilados, aos sacerdotes, aos profetas e a todo o povo que Nabucodonosor deportara de Jerusalém para a Babilônia.

Jeremiah 29:1-23 ESV