New American Standard Bible 2020

Jeremiah 29:4-14

4“This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles whom I have 1sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5‘2Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their 3produce. 6Take 4wives and father sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may give birth to sons and daughters; and grow in numbers there and do not decrease. 7 5Seek the 6prosperity of the city where I have sent you into exile, and 7pray to the Lord in its behalf; for 8in its 9prosperity will be your 10prosperity.’ 8For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Do not let your 11prophets who are in your midst or your diviners 12deceive you, and do not listen to their interpretations of 13your dreams which you dream. 9For they 14prophesy falsely to you in My name; 15I have not sent them,’ declares the Lord.

10“For this is what the Lord says: ‘When 16seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My 17good word to you, to bring you back to this place. 11For I know the 18plans that I 19have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for 20 21prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a 22hope. 12Then you will 23call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will 24listen to you. 13And you will 25seek Me and find Me when you 26search for Me with all your heart. 14I will let Myself be 27found by you,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will 28restore your fortunes and 29gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will 30bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.’

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 29:4 Jer 24:5 ↩
2. Jeremiah 29:5 Jer 29:28 ↩
3. Jeremiah 29:5 Lit fruit ↩
4. Jeremiah 29:6 Jer 16:2-4 ↩
5. Jeremiah 29:7 Dan 4:27; 6:4, 5 ↩
6. Jeremiah 29:7 Or peace ↩
7. Jeremiah 29:7 Ezra 6:10; 7:23; Dan 4:19; 1 Tim 2:1, 2 ↩
8. Jeremiah 29:7 Or your prosperity will depend on its ↩
9. Jeremiah 29:7 Or peace ↩
10. Jeremiah 29:7 Or peace ↩
11. Jeremiah 29:8 Jer 27:9; 29:1 ↩
12. Jeremiah 29:8 Jer 14:14; 23:21; 27:14, 15; 28:15; Eph 5:6 ↩
13. Jeremiah 29:8 Jer 23:25, 27 ↩
14. Jeremiah 29:9 Jer 27:15; 29:21 ↩
15. Jeremiah 29:9 Jer 29:31 ↩
16. Jeremiah 29:10 2 Chr 36:21-23; Jer 25:12; 27:22; Dan 9:2; Zech 7:5 ↩
17. Jeremiah 29:10 Jer 24:6, 7; Zeph 2:7 ↩
18. Jeremiah 29:11 Ps 40:5; Jer 23:5, 6; 30:9, 10 ↩
19. Jeremiah 29:11 Lit am planning ↩
20. Jeremiah 29:11 Or salvation ↩
21. Jeremiah 29:11 Is 40:9-11; Jer 30:18-22 ↩
22. Jeremiah 29:11 Jer 31:17; Hos 2:15 ↩
23. Jeremiah 29:12 Ps 50:15; Jer 33:3; Dan 9:3 ↩
24. Jeremiah 29:12 Ps 145:19 ↩
25. Jeremiah 29:13 Deut 4:29; Ps 32:6; Matt 7:7 ↩
26. Jeremiah 29:13 1 Chr 22:19; 2 Chr 22:9; Jer 24:7 ↩
27. Jeremiah 29:14 Deut 30:1-10; Ps 32:6; Is 55:6 ↩
28. Jeremiah 29:14 Jer 30:3; 32:37-41 ↩
29. Jeremiah 29:14 Is 43:5, 6; Jer 23:8; 32:37 ↩
30. Jeremiah 29:14 Jer 3:14; 12:15; 16:15 ↩

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