![]() I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”ġ5You may say, “The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,”ġ6but this is what the Lord says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your fellow citizens who did not go with you into exile-ġ7yes, this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will send the sword, famine and plague against them and I will make them like figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.ġ8I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curseĪnd an object of horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.ġ9For they have not listened to my words,” declares the Lord, “words that I sent to them again and again by my servants the prophets. I have not sent them,” declares the Lord.ġ0This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place.ġ1For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.ġ2Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.ġ3You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.ġ4I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have.ĩThey are prophesying lies to you in my name. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”ĨYes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Increase in number there do not decrease.ħAlso, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. ![]() It said:ĤThis is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:ĥ“Build houses and settle down plant gardens and eat what they produce.ĦMarry and have sons and daughters find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. These promises include earth-wide peace by means of the Kingdom of God under Christ Jesus.- Psalm 37:10, 11, 29 Isaiah 55:11 Matthew 6:10.1This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.Īnd the queen mother, the court officials and the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the skilled workers and the artisans had gone into exile from Jerusalem.)ģHe entrusted the letter to Elasah son of Shaphan and to Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. The fulfilled promise of Jeremiah 29:11 assures those who hope in God’s promises today. After 70 years of captivity, they were back in Jerusalem.- 2 Chronicles 36:20-23 Ezra 3:1. ( Isaiah 45:1, 2 Jeremiah 51:30-32) Thereafter, Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to their homeland. As he had foretold, Babylon was conquered by Persian King Cyrus. ![]() ” ( Jeremiah 29:10) God thus guaranteed that he would not forget them and that their hope of returning home would come true.- Jeremiah 31:16, 17. ( Jeremiah 29:4-9) However, God added: “When 70 years at Babylon are fulfilled, I will turn my attention to you, and I will make good my promise by bringing you back to. b ( Jeremiah 29:1) God told the exiles that they would remain in captivity for a long time and that they should build homes, plant gardens, and raise families. These words were part of a letter sent to the Israelites in Babylon, who had been taken captive from Jerusalem. ![]()
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