Jeremiah 29:16

14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”

15 Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”

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 brothers who did not go with you into exile—

17 this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.

18 I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

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.

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BSB
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 brothers who did not go with you into exile—
KJV
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;
WEB
the LORD says concerning the king who sits on David’s throne, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven’t gone with you into captivity,
ASV
thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
DARBY
yea, thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
BLB
surely thus says YHWH concerning the king sitting on the throne of David, and concerning all the people dwelling in this city and your⁺ brothers who have not gone out with you⁺ into captivity—
ÅB
For så sier Herren om kongen som sitter på Davids trone, og om alt folket som bor i denne by, deres brødre, som ikke har draget ut med dere blant de bortførte -
OTB
dette er hva Herren sier om kongen som sitter på Davids trone og om hele folket som er igjen i denne byen, deres medborgere som ikke dro med dere i eksil—
B1930
For så sier Herren om kongen som sitter på Davids trone, og om alt folket som bor i denne by, eders brødre, som ikke har draget ut med eder blandt de bortførte -

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 38:2–3

    “This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.

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  • Jeremiah 38:17–23

    Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.

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  • Ezekiel 6:1–9

    And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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  • Ezekiel 22:31

    So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

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  • Jeremiah 24:2

    One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

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  • Ezekiel 24:1–14

    In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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  • Ezekiel 17:12–21

    “Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.

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  • Ezekiel 21:9–27

    “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—

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