[1] Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent
from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the
priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar
had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon, [2] (after that
Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, [and] the princes
of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed
from Jerusalem,) [3] by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah
the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,) saying, [4] Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the
God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away
captive from Jerusalem to Babylon: [5] Build you houses, and dwell in them;
and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. [6] Take wives, and father
sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters
to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply you there,
and don`t be diminished. [7] Seek the peace of the city where I have caused
you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in the peace
of it shall you have peace. [8] For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of
Israel: Don`t let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your
diviners, deceive you; neither listen you to your dreams which you cause to
be dreamed. [9] For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not
sent them, says Yahweh. [10] For thus says Yahweh, After seventy years are
accomplished for 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, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil,
to give you hope in your latter end. [12] You shall call on me, and you
shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. [13] You shall seek me,
and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart. [14] I will
be found of you, says Yahweh, and I will turn again your captivity, and I
will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places wither I have
driven you, says Yahweh; and I will bring you again to the place whence I
caused you to be carried away captive. [15] Because you have said, Yahweh
has raised us up prophets in Babylon; [16] thus says Yahweh concerning the
king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who
dwell in this city, your brothers who haven`t gone forth with you into
captivity; [17] thus says Yahweh of Hosts; Behold, I will send on them the
sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs,
that can`t be eaten, they are so bad. [18] I will pursue after them with
the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them
to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an
object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among
all the nations where I have driven them; [19] because they have not
listened to my words, says Yahweh, with which I sent to them my servants
the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear,
says Yahweh. [20] Hear you therefore the word of Yahweh, all you of the
captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. [21] Thus says
Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and
concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my
name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes; [22] and of them shall be
taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying,
Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon
roasted in the fire; [23] because they have worked folly in Israel, and
have committed adultery with their neighbors` wives, and have spoken words
in my name falsely, which I didn`t command them; and I am he who knows, and
am witness, says Yahweh. [24] Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall
speak, saying, [25] Thus speaks Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, saying,
Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at
Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the
priests, saying, [26] Yahweh has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada
the priest, that there may be officers in the house of Yahweh, for every
man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the
stocks and in shackles. [27] Now therefore, why have you not rebuked
Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you, [28] because he
has sent to us in Babylon, saying, [The captivity] is long: build you
houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?
[29] Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the
prophet. [30] Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying, [31] Send
to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah
the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn`t send
him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie; [32] therefore thus says
Yahweh, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he
shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the
good that I will do to my people, says Yahweh, because he has spoken
rebellion against Yahweh.

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