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Jeremiah 29
The Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah 29:1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the
prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were
carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to
all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from
Jerusalem to Babylon;
2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the
princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were
departed from Jerusalem;)
3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of
Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are
carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from
Jerusalem unto Babylon;
5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them;
6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your
sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and
daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried
away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof
shall ye have peace.
8 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.
9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them,
saith the Lord.
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They prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I
have not sent them
10 For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at
Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you,
in
causing you to return to this place.
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After seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I
will visit you
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I
will hearken unto you.
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Those that love the Lord, You can call on The
Lord and He will hear you
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.
15 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;
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Amos
8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will
send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for
water, but of hearing the
words of the LORD:
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2
Timothy
2:14 Of these things put them
in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not
about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth.
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.
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Jeremiah 24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold,
two baskets of figs
were set before the temple
of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon had carried away captive
Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and
the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and
smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to
Babylon.
2 One basket had very good figs, even
like the figs that are first ripe: and
the other basket had very naughty figs,
which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou,
Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very
good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be
eaten, they are so evil.
4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like
these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that
are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have
sent out of this place into the land of the
Chaldeans for their good.
6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good,
and I will bring them again to this land: and I
will build them, and not pull them down;
and I will plant them, and not pluck them
up.
18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with
the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms
of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and
an hissing, and a
reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
19 Because they have not hearkened to
my words, saith the Lord, which
I
sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending
them; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.
20 Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom
I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of
Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto
you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
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These that listen to man, I will deliver you to
Satan (Revelation 9)
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Ahab . . . Zedekiah. These were false
prophets-whom Nebuchadrezzar treated as stated
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Verse 22 And of them shall be taken up a curse
by all the captivity of Judah which are in
Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like
Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon
roasted in the fire;
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Kolaiah . . . curse . . . roasted.
22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah
which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like
Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed
adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my
name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness,
saith the Lord.
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They have spoken lying words in my name, which I
have not commanded them
24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
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Shemaiah = false prophet
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Nehelamite: or, dreamer
25 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because
thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at
Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all
the priests, saying,
26 The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest,
that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that
is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in
prison, and in the stocks.
27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which
maketh himself a prophet to you?
28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is
long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them.
29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the
prophet.
30 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,
31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath
prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you
to trust in a
lie:
32 Therefore thus saith 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 behold the good that I will do for my people,
saith the Lord; because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
•
The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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