These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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Jeremiah 29
Tanakh 32 verses
- 1 Now these are the words of the letter that the sent from unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom had carried away captive from to ,
- 2 after that Jeconiah the , and the queen-mother, and the officers, and the princes of and , and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from ;
- 3 by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah of sent unto to of , saying:
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Thus saith of hosts, the of , unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from unto :
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Build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
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- 6 take 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; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.
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And seek the of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto for it; for in the thereof shall ye have .
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For thus saith of hosts, the of : Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, beguile you, neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
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Ephesians 5:6 Jeremiah 28:15 Jeremiah 14:14 Jeremiah 5:31 Jeremiah 23:21 Jeremiah 27:14-15 Revelation 13:14 Matthew 24:4-5 Matthew 24:24 Jeremiah 27:9 2 Peter 2:2-3 2 John 1:7-9 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Mark 13:22-23 Zechariah 13:4 Micah 2:11 Ephesians 4:14 Jeremiah 23:27 Mark 13:5-6 2 Timothy 3:13 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 Luke 21:8 Revelation 19:20 Romans 16:18 Luke 6:26 -
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For they prophesy falsely unto you in My ; I have not sent them, saith .
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- 10 For thus saith : After seventy years are accomplished for , I will you, and perform My good toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
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For I the thoughts that I think toward you, saith , thoughts of , and not of evil, to give you a future and a .
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Isaiah 55:8-12 Psalm 33:11 Psalm 40:5 Micah 4:12 Job 23:13 Lamentations 3:26 Isaiah 46:10-11 Ezekiel 34:11-31 Jeremiah 3:12-19 Jeremiah 31:1-33 Hosea 14:2-9 Joel 2:28-32 Hosea 2:14-23 Zechariah 12:5-10 Isaiah 40:1-31 Zephaniah 3:14-20 Jeremiah 30:18-22 Zechariah 8:14-15 Ezekiel 39:1-29 Zechariah 1:6 Hosea 3:5 Micah 7:14-20 Zechariah 9:9-17 Micah 5:4-7 Revelation 14:8-14 Amos 9:8-15 Ezekiel 36:1-37 Zechariah 14:20-21 - 12 And ye shall call upon Me, and go, and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you.
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And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your .
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Psalm 119:2 Jeremiah 24:7 Joel 2:12 Deuteronomy 4:29-31 Psalm 119:10 Luke 11:9-10 Psalm 91:15 Matthew 7:7 2 Chronicles 22:9 Isaiah 55:6-7 2 Chronicles 31:21 Amos 5:4-6 Psalm 119:145 2 Kings 23:3 Leviticus 26:40-45 1 Kings 8:47-50 Deuteronomy 30:1-20 Psalm 119:58 Hosea 5:15 1 Kings 2:4 Jeremiah 3:10 Zephaniah 2:1-3 Psalm 119:69 2 Chronicles 6:37-39 -
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And I will be found of you, saith , and I will turn your captivity, and gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith ; and I will bring you back unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
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Jeremiah 30:3 Psalm 126:4 Isaiah 55:6 Psalm 32:6 Amos 9:14 Jeremiah 51:10 Jeremiah 50:33-34 Deuteronomy 30:3 Jeremiah 16:14-15 Zephaniah 3:20 Jeremiah 24:5-7 Jeremiah 32:37-44 Deuteronomy 4:7 2 Chronicles 15:12-15 Jeremiah 50:4-5 Ezekiel 11:16-20 1 Chronicles 28:9 Psalm 46:1 Psalm 126:1 Jeremiah 50:19-20 Jeremiah 46:27-28 Isaiah 45:19 Micah 4:12 Jeremiah 31:8-14 Jeremiah 23:3-8 Romans 10:20 Jeremiah 30:10 Ezekiel 36:1-38 Jeremiah 33:7-26 Ezekiel 34:1-31 -
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For ye have said: ‘The hath raised us up prophets in .’
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- 16 For thus saith concerning the that sitteth upon the throne of , and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
- 17 thus saith 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 bad.
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And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will make them a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth, a , and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them;
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Jeremiah 42:18 Jeremiah 15:4 2 Chronicles 29:8 Jeremiah 24:9 Deuteronomy 28:25 Ezekiel 12:15 Isaiah 65:15 Jeremiah 25:9 Lamentations 2:15-16 Jeremiah 34:17 Amos 9:9 Ezekiel 6:8 Luke 21:24 Psalm 44:11 Leviticus 26:33 1 Kings 9:7-8 Deuteronomy 29:21-28 Ezekiel 36:19 Jeremiah 29:22 Ezekiel 22:15 Zechariah 7:14 2 Chronicles 7:19-22 Jeremiah 19:8 Jeremiah 26:6 Deuteronomy 28:64 - 19 because they have not hearkened to My words, saith , wherewith I sent unto them My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often; but ye would not , saith .
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Hear ye therefore the of , all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away from to :
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Thus saith of hosts, the of , concerning the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie unto you in My : Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar of ; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
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and of them shall be taken up a by all the captivity of that are in , saying: ‘The make thee like Zedekiah and like , whom the of roasted in the fire’;
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- 23 because they have wrought vile deeds in , and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken words in My falsely, which I commanded them not; but I am He that knoweth, and am witness, saith .
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And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying:
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- 25 Thus speaketh of hosts, the of , saying: Because thou hast sent letters in thine own unto all the people that are at , and to the son of Maaseiah the , and to all the priests, saying:
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The hath made thee in the stead of Jehoiada the , that there should be officers in the house of for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a , that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the collar.
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Jeremiah 20:1-2 2 Kings 9:11 John 10:20 Hosea 9:7 Acts 26:24 Acts 16:24 Mark 3:21 Deuteronomy 13:1-5 Acts 26:11 Jeremiah 38:6 2 Chronicles 18:26 Jeremiah 38:28 2 Kings 11:18 2 Kings 11:15 John 10:33 2 Corinthians 5:13-15 2 Chronicles 16:10 Matthew 21:23 Acts 5:18 Zechariah 13:3-6 Acts 5:24 John 8:53 Jeremiah 29:27 Acts 4:1 Revelation 2:10 2 Corinthians 11:33 - 27 Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked of Anathoth, who maketh himself a to you,
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forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in , saying: The captivity is long; build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?’
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And the read this letter in the ears of the .
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- 30 Then came the of unto , saying:
- 31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie;
- 32 therefore thus saith : 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 unto My people, saith ; because he hath spoken perversion against .