Jeremiah 29
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 29:25-28

25“ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, ‘BecauseH3282H834 you have sentH7971 1lettersH5612 in your own nameH8034 to allH3605 the peopleH5971 whoH834 are in JerusalemH3389, and to 2ZephaniahH6846 the sonH1121 of MaaseiahH4641, the priestH3548, and to allH3605 the priestsH3548, sayingH559, 26“The LordH3068 has madeH5414 you priestH3548 insteadH8478 of JehoiadaH3077 the priestH3548, to be the 34overseerH6496 in the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 over everyH3605 5madmanH7696 who 6prophesiesH5012, to 7putH5414 him in the stocksH4115 and in the ironH6729 collarH6729, 27nowH6258 then, whyH4100 have you not rebukedH1605 JeremiahH3414 of 8AnathothH6069 who prophesiesH5012 to you? 28For he has 9sentH7971 to us in BabylonH894, sayingH559, ‘The exile will be 10longH752; 11buildH1129 housesH1004 and liveH3427 in them and plantH5193 gardensH1593 and eatH398 their 12produceH6529.’”’”

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 29:25 Jer 29:1 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 29:25 2 Kin 25:18; Jer 21:1; 29:29; 37:3; 52:24 ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 29:26 Lit overseers ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 29:26 Jer 20:1 ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 29:26 2 Kin 9:11; Hos 9:7; Mark 3:21; John 10:20; Acts 26:24, 25; 2 Cor 5:13 ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 29:26 Deut 13:1-5; Zech 13:1-5 ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 29:26 Jer 20:1, 2; Acts 16:24 ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 29:27 Jer 1:1 ↩
  9. 9. Jeremiah 29:28 Jer 29:1 ↩
  10. 10. Jeremiah 29:28 Jer 29:10 ↩
  11. 11. Jeremiah 29:28 Jer 29:5 ↩
  12. 12. Jeremiah 29:28 Lit fruit ↩

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