1Now 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;[ † ]Jeremiah 27:20 2(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)[ † ]2 Kings 24:12-162 Chronicles 36:9-10Jeremiah 22:24-282 Kings 24:12-15Jeremiah 13:18 3by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,[ † ]2 Chronicles 34:8 4Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 5Build ye houses, and dwell in them ; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 6take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.[ † ]Ezra 6:10Nehemiah 1:4-11Daniel 9:161 Timothy 2:2 8For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.[ † ]Jeremiah 14:14Jeremiah 23:21Jeremiah 27:14-15Ephesians 5:6 9For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord .[ † ]Jeremiah 28:15Jeremiah 37:19 10For thus saith the Lord , That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.[ † ]2 Chronicles 36:21-23Ezra 1:1-4Jeremiah 25:12Jeremiah 27:22Daniel 9:2Zechariah 7:5Jeremiah 24:6-7Zephaniah 2:7 11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord , thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.[ † ]Psalms 50:15Jeremiah 33:3Daniel 9:3Psalms 145:19 13And ye shall seek me, and find me , when ye shall search for me with all your heart.[ † ]Leviticus 26:39-42Deuteronomy 30:1-31 Chronicles 22:192 Chronicles 22:9Jeremiah 24:7 14And I will be found of you, saith the Lord : and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord ; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.[ † ]Deuteronomy 4:7Psalms 32:6Psalms 46:1Isaiah 55:6-7Jeremiah 24:7Isaiah 43:5-6Jeremiah 23:8Jeremiah 32:37
15Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; 16know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;[ † ]Jeremiah 38:2-3, 17-23 17thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.[ † ]Jeremiah 24:3-8-10 18And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:[ † ]Deuteronomy 28:252 Chronicles 29:8Jeremiah 15:4Jeremiah 24:9Jeremiah 34:17Ezekiel 12:15Jeremiah 26:6Jeremiah 42:18 19because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord , which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them ; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord .[ † ]Jeremiah 25:4Jeremiah 26:5Jeremiah 35:15 20Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord , all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
21Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;[ † ]Jeremiah 14:14-15Lamentations 2:142 Peter 2:1 22and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;[ † ]Genesis 48:20Isaiah 65:15Daniel 3:6-21
23because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord .[ † ]Jeremiah 23:14Proverbs 5:21Jeremiah 16:17Malachi 3:5Hebrews 4:13
24Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, 25Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,[ † ]2 Kings 25:18Jeremiah 21:1 26the Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord , for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.[ † ]Jeremiah 20:12 Kings 9:11Hosea 9:7Mark 3:21John 10:20Acts 26:242 Corinthians 5:13Jeremiah 20:1-2Acts 16:24 27Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you? 28For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them ; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 29And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, 31Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:[ † ]Jeremiah 28:15Ezekiel 13:8-16, 22, 23 32therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the Lord ; because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord .[ † ]Jeremiah 28:16