Jeremiah 29:4-23

4ThusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, the 1GodH430 of IsraelH3478, unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away from JerusalemH3389 unto BabylonH894:

5BuildH1129 housesH1004, and dwellH3427 in them, and plantH5193 gardensH1593, and eatH398 the fruitH6529 of them.

6TakeH3947 wivesH802, and beget sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323; and takeH3947 wivesH802 for your sonsH1121, and giveH5414 your daughtersH1323 to husbandsH376, that they may bearH3205 sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323; and multiplyH7235 there, and be not diminishedH4591.

7And seekH1875 the peaceH7965 of the cityH5892 whither I have caused you to beH1961 carried away captive, and prayH6419 unto Jehovah for it: for in the peaceH7965 thereof shall ye have peaceH7965.

8For thusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, the 2GodH430 of IsraelH3478: Let not your prophetsH5030 that are in your midstH7130, nor your divinersH7080 deceiveH5377 you, neither hearken to your dreamsH2472, which ye like to dreamH2472.

9For they prophesyH5012 falsely unto you in my nameH8034: I have not sentH7971 them, saith Jehovah.

10For thusH3541 saith Jehovah: When seventyH7657 yearsH8141 shall be accomplished for BabylonH894 I will visitH6485 you, and perform my goodH2896 wordH1697 toward you, in bringingH7725 you backH7725 to this placeH4725.

11For I knowH3045 the thoughtsH4284 that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughtsH4284 of peaceH7965, and not of evilH7451, to giveH5414 you in your latterH319 endH319 a hopeH8615.

12And ye shall callH7121 upon me, and ye shall goH1980 and prayH6419 unto me, and I will hearken unto you;

13and ye shall seekH1245 me and findH4672 me, for ye shall searchH1245 for me with all your heartH3824,

14and I will be foundH4672 of you, saith Jehovah. And I will turnH7725 your captivityH7622, and I will gatherH6908 you from all the nationsH1471, and from all the placesH4725 whither I have drivenH5080 you, saith Jehovah; and I will bringH7725 you again into the placeH4725 whence I have caused you to be carried awayH7725 captive.

15If ye sayH559, Jehovah hath raisedH6965 us up prophetsH5030 in BabylonH894;

16yea, thusH3541 saith Jehovah concerningH413 the kingH4428 that sitteth upon the throneH3678 of DavidH1732, and concerningH413 all the peopleH5971 that dwellH3427 in this cityH5892, your brethren that are not goneH3318 forthH3318 with you into captivity;

17thusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635: Behold, I will sendH7971 against them the swordH2719, the famineH7458, and the pestilenceH1698, and will makeH5414 them like the vile figsH8384, that cannot be eatenH398 for badness.

18And I will pursueH7291 them with the swordH2719, with the famineH7458, and with the pestilenceH1698, and will giveH5414 them over to be drivenH5080 hither and thither into all the kingdomsH4467 of the earthH776, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproachH2781, among all the nationsH1471 whither I will driveH5080 them:

19because they have not hearkened to my wordsH1697, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sentH7971 unto them my servantsH5650 the prophetsH5030, risingH7925 earlyH7925 and sendingH7971; but ye have not hearkened, saith Jehovah.

20But ye, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sentH7971 from JerusalemH3389 to BabylonH894, hearH8085 the wordH1697 of Jehovah.

21ThusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, the 3GodH430 of IsraelH3478, concerningH413 AhabH256 the sonH1121 of KolaiahH6964, and concerningH413 ZedekiahH6667 the sonH1121 of MaaseiahH4641, who prophesyH5012 falsehoodH8267 unto you in my nameH8034: Behold, I will giveH5414 them into the handH3027 of Nebuchadrezzar kingH4428 of BabylonH894, and he shall smite them before your eyesH5869.

22And of them shall be takenH3947 up a curseH7045 by all the captivity of JudahH3063 that are in BabylonH894, sayingH559, Jehovah makeH7760 thee like ZedekiahH6667 and like AhabH256, whom the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 roastedH7033 in the fireH784;

23because they have committed infamy in IsraelH3478, and have committed adulteryH5003 with their neighbours' wivesH802, and have spokenH1696 wordsH1697 of falsehoodH8267 in my nameH8034, which I had not commandedH6680 them: and I [am] he that knoweth, and [am] witnessH5707, saith Jehovah.