By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah [a]sent unto Babel to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel) saying,

Thus hath the Lord of hosts the God of Israel spoken unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have [b]caused to be carried away captives from Jerusalem unto Babel:

Build you houses to dwell in, and plant you gardens, and eat the fruits of them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:3 To entreat of some equal conditions.
  2. Jeremiah 29:4 To wit, the Lord, whose work this was.

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