<vn='1'>Now <sn="428">these</s> are the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="5612">letter</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="7971">sent</s> from <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3499">residue</s> of the <sn="2205">elders</s> which were carried away <sn="1473">captives</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, and <sn="413">to</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">whom</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s> had carried away <sn="1540">captive</s> from <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s> to <sn="894">Babylon</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>(After <sn="310">that</s><sn="3204">Jeconiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and the <sn="1377">queen</s>, and the <sn="5631">eunuchs</s>, the <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and the <sn="2796">carpenters</s>, and the <sn="4525">smiths</s>, were <sn="3318">departed</s> from <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s>;) </v>
<vn='3'>By the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="501">Elasah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8227">Shaphan</s>, and <sn="1587">Gemariah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2518">Hilkiah</s>, ( <sn="834">whom</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="7971">sent</s> unto <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> ) <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, unto <sn="3605">all</s> that are carried away <sn="1473">captives</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> I have caused to be carried <sn="1540">away</s> from <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s> unto <sn="894">Babylon</s>; </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1129">Build</s> ye <sn="1004">houses</s>, and <sn="3427">dwell</s> in them; and <sn="5193">plant</s><sn="1593">gardens</s>, and <sn="398">eat</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6529">fruit</s> of them; </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3947">Take</s> ye <sn="802">wives</s>, and <sn="3205">beget</s><sn="1121">sons</s> and <sn="1323">daughters</s>; and <sn="3947">take</s><sn="802">wives</s> for your <sn="1121">sons</s>, and <sn="5414">give</s> your <sn="1323">daughters</s> to <sn="376">husbands</s>, that they may <sn="3205">bear</s><sn="1121">sons</s> and <sn="1323">daughters</s>; that ye may be <sn="7235">increased</s><sn="8033">there</s>, and <sn="408">not</s><sn="4591">diminished</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="1875">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7965">peace</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="834 8033">whither</s> I have caused you to be carried away <sn="1540">captives</s>, and <sn="6419">pray</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1157">for</s> it: <sn="3588">for</s> in the <sn="7965">peace</s> thereof shall ye <sn="1961">have</s><sn="7965">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; Let <sn="408">not</s> your <sn="5030">prophets</s> and your <sn="7080">diviners</s>, <sn="834">that</s> be in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of you, <sn="5377">deceive</s> you, <sn="408">neither</s><sn="8085">hearken</s><sn="413">to</s> your <sn="2472">dreams</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="859">ye</s> cause to be <sn="2492">dreamed</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="5012">prophesy</s><sn="8267">falsely</s> unto you in my <sn="8034">name</s>: I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7971">sent</s> them, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3588">That</s><sn="6310">after</s><sn="7657">seventy</s><sn="8141">years</s> be <sn="4390">accomplished</s> at <sn="894">Babylon</s> I will <sn="6485">visit</s> you, and <sn="6965">perform</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="2896">good</s><sn="1697">word</s><sn="5921">toward</s> you, in causing you to <sn="7725 *853">return</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="3045">know</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4284">thoughts</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="2803">think</s><sn="5921">toward</s> you, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="4284">thoughts</s> of <sn="7965">peace</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s> of <sn="7451">evil</s>, to <sn="5414">give</s> you an <sn="8615">expected</s><sn="319">end</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Then shall ye call <sn="7121">upon</s> me, and ye shall <sn="1980">go</s> and <sn="6419">pray</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, and I will <sn="8085">hearken</s><sn="413">unto</s> you. </v>
<vn='13'>And ye shall <sn="1245">seek</s> me, and <sn="4672">find</s> me, <sn="3588">when</s> ye shall search <sn="1875">for</s> me with <sn="3605">all</s> your <sn="3824">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And I will be <sn="4672">found</s> of you, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and I will turn <sn="7725">away</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="7622">captivity</s>, and I will <sn="6908">gather</s> you from <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s>, and from <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="4725">places</s><sn="834 8033">whither</s> I have <sn="5080">driven</s> you, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and I will bring you <sn="7725 *853">again</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834 4480 8033">whence</s> I caused you to be carried away <sn="1540">captive</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3588">Because</s> ye have <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath raised us <sn="6965">up</s><sn="5030">prophets</s> in <sn="894">Babylon</s>; </v>
<vn='16'> Know <sn="3588">that</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">of</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> that <sn="3427">sitteth</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="413">of</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> that <sn="3427">dwelleth</s> in <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>, and of your <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="3808">not</s> gone <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="854">with</s> you into <sn="1473">captivity</s>; </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="7971">send</s> upon them <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2719">sword</s>, <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7458">famine</s>, and the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>, and will <sn="5414">make</s> them like <sn="8182">vile</s><sn="8384">figs</s>, <sn="834">that</s><sn="3808">cannot</s> be <sn="398">eaten</s>, they are so <sn="4480 7455">evil</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And I will <sn="7291 310">persecute</s> them with the <sn="2719">sword</s>, with the <sn="7458">famine</s>, and with the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>, and will <sn="5414">deliver</s> them to be <sn="2189">removed</s> to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>, to be a <sn="423">curse</s>, and an <sn="8047">astonishment</s>, and a <sn="8322">hissing</s>, and a <sn="2781">reproach</s>, among <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="834 8033">whither</s> I have <sn="5080">driven</s> them: </v>
<vn='19'><sn="8478 834">Because</s> they have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="413">to</s> my <sn="1697">words</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> I <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> them by <sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5650">servants</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, rising up <sn="7925">early</s> and <sn="7971">sending</s> them; but ye would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="8085">Hear</s><sn="859">ye</s> therefore the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> ye of the <sn="1473">captivity</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> I have <sn="7971">sent</s> from <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s> to <sn="894">Babylon</s>: </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="413">of</s><sn="256">Ahab</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6964">Kolaiah</s>, and <sn="413">of</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s>, which <sn="5012">prophesy</s> a <sn="8267">lie</s> unto you in my <sn="8034">name</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="5414">deliver</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>; and he shall <sn="5221">slay</s> them before your <sn="5869">eyes</s>; </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="4480">of</s> them shall be taken <sn="3947">up</s> a <sn="7045">curse</s> by <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1546">captivity</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="834">which</s> are in <sn="894">Babylon</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7760">make</s> thee like <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> and like <sn="256">Ahab</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="7033">roasted</s> in the <sn="784">fire</s>; </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3282 834">Because</s> they have <sn="6213">committed</s><sn="5039">villainy</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and have committed <sn="5003">adultery</s><sn="854">with</s> their <sn="7453">neighbors</s> ' <sn="802">wives</s>, and have <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="8267">lying</s><sn="1697">words</s> in my <sn="8034">name</s>, <sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6680">commanded</s> them; even <sn="595">I</s><sn="3045">know</s>, and am a <sn="5707">witness</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='24'> Thus shalt thou also <sn="559">speak</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8098">Shemaiah</s> the <sn="5161">Nehelamite</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='25'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">speaketh</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3282 834">Because</s><sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="5612">letters</s> in thy <sn="8034">name</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> are at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="413">to</s><sn="6846">Zephaniah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, and <sn="413">to</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='26'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414">made</s> thee <sn="3548">priest</s> in the stead <sn="8478">of</s><sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, that ye should <sn="1961">be</s><sn="6496">officers</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, for <sn="3605">every</s><sn="376">man</s> that is <sn="7696">mad</s>, and maketh himself a <sn="5012">prophet</s>, that thou shouldest <sn="5414">put</s> him <sn="413">in</s><sn="4115">prison</s>, and <sn="413">in</s> the <sn="6729">stocks</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="4100">why</s> hast thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1605">reproved</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> of <sn="6069">Anathoth</s>, which maketh himself a <sn="5012">prophet</s> to you? </v>
<vn='28'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> us in <sn="894">Babylon</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="1931">This</s> captivity is <sn="752">long</s>: <sn="1129">build</s> ye <sn="1004">houses</s>, and <sn="3427">dwell</s> in them; and <sn="5193">plant</s><sn="1593">gardens</s>, and <sn="398">eat</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6529">fruit</s> of them. </v>
<vn='29'>And <sn="6846">Zephaniah</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="7121">read</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5612">letter</s> in the <sn="241">ears</s> of <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>Then <sn="1961">came</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='31'><sn="7971">Send</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="3605">all</s> them of the <sn="1473">captivity</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">concerning</s><sn="8098">Shemaiah</s> the <sn="5161">Nehelamite</s>; <sn="3283 834">Because</s> that <sn="8098">Shemaiah</s> hath <sn="5012">prophesied</s> unto you, and <sn="589">I</s><sn="7971">sent</s> him <sn="3808">not</s>, and he caused you to <sn="982 *853">trust</s><sn="5921">in</s> a <sn="8267">lie</s>: </v>
<vn='32'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="6485 5921">punish</s><sn="8098">Shemaiah</s> the <sn="5161">Nehelamite</s>, and his <sn="2233">seed</s>: he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">have</s> a <sn="376">man</s> to <sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="8432">among</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall he <sn="7200">behold</s> the <sn="2896">good</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="6213">do</s> for my <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> he hath <sn="1696">taught</s><sn="5627">rebellion</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>