1Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

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Esther 9:20, Esther 9:20, Acts 15:23, Jeremiah 29:25, Jeremiah 29:29

2(after that Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem),

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Jeremiah 22:24, Jeremiah 22:28, Jeremiah 22:24, Jeremiah 22:28, 2 Kings 24:12

3by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying,

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Jeremiah 26:24, Jeremiah 36:25, 2 Kings 22:8, 2 Chronicles 34:20, 1 Chronicles 6:13

4"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:

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Jeremiah 24:5, Jeremiah 24:5, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6, Amos 3:6

5'Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.

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Jeremiah 29:28, Jeremiah 29:28, Jeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 29:10, Ezekiel 28:26

6Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and do not be diminished.

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Genesis 28:1, Genesis 28:4, Genesis 29:19, Genesis 24:51, Judges 12:9

7Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.'

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1 Timothy 2:1, 1 Timothy 2:2, 1 Timothy 2:1, 1 Timothy 2:2, Ezra 6:10

8For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Do not let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.

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Ephesians 5:6, Ephesians 5:6, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 5:31, 2 Thessalonians 2:9

9For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them,' says the Lord.

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Jeremiah 27:15, Jeremiah 27:15, Jeremiah 29:31, Jeremiah 29:31, Jeremiah 29:23

10"For thus says the Lord, 'After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

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Zechariah 7:5, Daniel 9:2, Zechariah 7:5, Daniel 9:2, Jeremiah 24:6

11For I know the plans that I have for you,' says the Lord, 'plans for your welfare, and not for calamity, to give you hope and a future.

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Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:12, Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:12, Psalms 33:11

12You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

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Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Jeremiah 33:3

13You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.

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Psalms 119:2, Psalms 119:2, Deuteronomy 4:29, Deuteronomy 4:31, Deuteronomy 4:29

14I will be found by you,' says the Lord, 'and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you,' says the Lord; 'and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.'

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Jeremiah 30:3, Jeremiah 30:3, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Ezekiel 36:1, Ezekiel 36:38

15"Because you have said, 'The Lord has raised us up prophets in Babylon';

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Ezekiel 1:1, Ezekiel 1:3, Jeremiah 29:8, Jeremiah 29:9, Jeremiah 28:1

16thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven't gone forth with you into captivity;

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Jeremiah 38:17, Jeremiah 38:23, Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 38:3, Jeremiah 38:17

17thus says the Lord of hosts; 'Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can't be eaten, they are so bad.

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Jeremiah 24:8, Jeremiah 24:10, Jeremiah 24:8, Jeremiah 24:10, Jeremiah 29:18

18I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them;

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2 Chronicles 29:8, Jeremiah 42:18, Jeremiah 15:4, 2 Chronicles 29:8, Jeremiah 42:18

19because they have not listened to my words,' says the Lord, 'with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear,' says the Lord.

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Jeremiah 6:19, Jeremiah 6:19, Jeremiah 26:5, Jeremiah 26:5, Jeremiah 32:33

20'Hear therefore the word of the Lord, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.'

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Jeremiah 24:5, Jeremiah 24:5, Micah 4:10, Micah 4:10, Ezekiel 3:15

21"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: 'Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes;

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Lamentations 2:14, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 14:15, Jeremiah 29:8, Jeremiah 29:9

22and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, "The Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire";

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Daniel 3:6, Daniel 3:6, Isaiah 65:15, Isaiah 65:15, Daniel 3:21

23because they have worked folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am he who knows, and am witness,' says the Lord."

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Hebrews 4:13, Jeremiah 23:14, Malachi 3:5, Hebrews 4:13, Jeremiah 23:14

24"Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

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Jeremiah 29:31, Jeremiah 29:32, Jeremiah 29:31, Jeremiah 29:32

25'Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, "Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

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Jeremiah 37:3, Jeremiah 52:24, Jeremiah 29:29, Jeremiah 37:3, Jeremiah 52:24

26'The Lord has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.

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Jeremiah 20:1, Jeremiah 20:2, Jeremiah 20:1, Jeremiah 20:2, 2 Kings 9:11

27Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,

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Acts 4:17, Acts 4:21, Acts 5:40, Acts 5:28, 2 Chronicles 25:16

28because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, "The captivity is long: build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit?"'"'

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Jeremiah 29:5, Jeremiah 29:5, Jeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 29:1, Jeremiah 29:10

29Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

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Jeremiah 29:25, Jeremiah 29:25

30Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah, saying,

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31"Send to all them of the captivity, saying, 'Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: "Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I did not send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;

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Jeremiah 29:9, Jeremiah 29:9, Ezekiel 13:22, Ezekiel 13:23, Jeremiah 29:23

32therefore," thus says the Lord, "Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says the Lord, because he has spoken rebellion against the Lord."'"

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Jeremiah 28:16, Jeremiah 28:16, Jeremiah 17:6, 2 Kings 7:19, 2 Kings 7:20