Jeremiah 29:15
13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
17 Thus saith the LORD 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 evil.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”
- KJV
- Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
- WEB
- Because you have said, “The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon,”
- ASV
- Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
- DARBY
- If ye say, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
- BLB
- Because you⁺ have said, “YHWH has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,
- ÅB
- [Dette skriver jeg] fordi dere sier: Herren har latt profeter fremstå for oss i Babel.
- OTB
- Fordi dere har sagt: “Herren har reist opp profeter for oss i Babylon”—
- B1930
- [Dette skriver jeg] fordi I sier: Herren har latt profeter fremstå for oss i Babel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:3
The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
Read in contextJeremiah 28:1–17
And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
Read in contextJeremiah 29:8–9
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
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