Jeremiah 29 Free Bible Version
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1 Jeremiah the prophet wrote this letter and sent it from Jerusalem to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, the prophets, and everyone else who had been exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.
1 Y ESTAS son las palabras de la carta que Jeremías profeta envió de Jerusalem á los ancianos que habían quedado de los trasportados, y á los sacerdotes y profetas, y á todo el pueblo que Nabucodonosor llevó cautivo de Jerusalem á Babilonia:
2 This was after King Jehoiachin, the queen mother, the court officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metals-workers had been exiled from Jerusalem.
2 (Después que salió el rey Jechônías y la reina, y los de palacio, y los príncipes de Judá y de Jerusalem, y los artífices, y los ingenieros de Jerusalem;)
3 Elasah, son of Shaphan, and Gemariah, son of Hilkiah, took the letter with them when Zedekiah king of Judah sent them to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. In the letter Jeremiah wrote:
3 Por mano de Elasa hijo de Saphán, y de Jemarías hijo de Hilcías, (los cuales envió Sedechîas rey de Judá á Babilonia, á Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia,) diciendo:
4 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were taken from Jerusalem to Babylon:
4 Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, á todos los de la cautividad que hice trasportar de Jerusalem á Babilonia:
5 Build yourselves houses there to live in. Plant gardens and grow food to eat.
5 Edificad casas, y morad; y plantad huertos, y comed del fruto de ellos;
6 Get married and have children. Arrange for your children to get married so they can have children too. Increase in number, don't decrease.
6 Casaos, y engendrad hijos é hijas; dad mujeres á vuestros hijos, y dad maridos á vuestras hijas, para que paran hijos é hijas; y multiplicaos ahí, y no os hagáis pocos.
7 Help make the city where I've exiled you more prosperous. Pray to the Lord for it, since as it prospers, so will you.
7 Y procurad la paz de la ciudad á la cual os hice traspasar, y rogad por ella á Jehová; porque en su paz tendréis vosotros paz.
8 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Don't be fooled by your prophets and fortune-tellers, and don't listen to any dreams they interpret for you.
8 Porque así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: No os engañen vuestros profetas que están entre vosotros, ni vuestros adivinos; ni miréis á vuestros sueños que soñáis.
9 They are prophesying lies to you in my name; I have not sent them, declares the Lord.
9 Porque falsamente os profetizan ellos en mi nombre: no los envié, ha dicho Jehová.
10 This is what the Lord says: When the seventy years exile in Babylon is over, I will see to you and keep my promise to bring you back to Jerusalem.
10 Porque así dijo Jehová: Cuando en Babilonia se cumplieren los setenta años, yo os visitaré, y despertaré sobre vosotros mi buena palabra, para tornaros á este lugar.
11 I know what I intend to do for you, declares the Lord. I plan good things for you and not bad. I'm going to give you a future and a hope.
11 Porque yo sé los pensamientos que tengo acerca de vosotros, dice Jehová, pensamientos de paz, y no de mal, para daros el fin que esperáis.
12 Then you will call for my help, you will come and pray to me, and I will answer you.
12 Entonces me invocaréis, é iréis y oraréis á mí, y yo os oiré:
13 You will look for me and you will find me when you're completely committed to looking for me.
13 Y me buscaréis y hallaréis, porque me buscaréis de todo vuestro corazón.
14 I will let you find me, declares the Lord. I will end your captivity, gathering you from all the nations and places where I scattered you, declares the Lord. I will bring you back home to the place from where I sent you into exile.
14 Y seré hallado de vosotros, dice Jehová, y tornaré vuestra cautividad, y os juntaré de todas las gentes, y de todos los lugares adonde os arrojé, dice Jehová; y os haré volver al lugar de donde os hice ser llevados.
15 But if you argue, “The Lord has provided prophets for us in Babylon,”
15 Mas habéis dicho: Jehová nos ha suscitado profetas en Babilonia.
16 this is what the Lord says about the king who sits on David's throne and everyone who's left in Jerusalem, your fellow citizens who weren't taken with you into exile.
16 Así empero ha dicho Jehová, del rey que está sentado sobre el trono de David, y de todo el pueblo que mora en esta ciudad, de vuestros hermanos que no salieron con vosotros en cautiverio;
17 This is what the Lord Almighty says: I'm going to send war and famine and disease against them. I'll make them like rotten figs, so bad that they can't be eaten.
17 Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: He aquí envío yo contra ellos cuchillo, hambre, y pestilencia, y pondrélos como los malos higos, que de malos no se pueden comer.
18 I will chase them down with war and famine and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified by them. They will become a curse word, totally ruined, people to be mocked and criticized among all the nations where I scatter them.
18 Y perseguirélos con espada, con hambre y con pestilencia; y darélos por escarnio á todos los reinos de la tierra, por maldición y por espanto, y por silbo y por afrenta á todas la gentes á las cuales los habré arrojado;
19 I'm going to do this because they haven't obeyed my words, declares the Lord, which I sent to them time and again through my servants the prophets. You exiles haven't obeyed me either, declares the Lord.
19 Porque no oyeron mis palabras, dice Jehová, que les envié por mis siervos los profetas, madrugando en enviarlos; y no habéis escuchado, dice Jehová.
20 So listen to the word of the Lord, all you exiles I sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
20 Oid pues palabra de Jehová, vosotros todos los trasportados que eché de Jerusalem á Babilonia.
21 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you in my name. I'm going to hand them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them right before your eyes.
21 Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, acerca de Achâb hijo de Colías, y acerca de Sedechîas hijo de Maasías, quienes os profetizan en mi nombre falsamente: He aquí los entrego yo en mano de Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia, y él los herirá delante de vuestro ojos;
22 Because of what happens to them, all the exiles of Judah in Babylon will curse others like this: “May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, burned alive by the king of Babylon!”
22 Y todos los trasportados de Judá que están en Babilonia, tomarán de ellos maldición, diciendo: Póngate Jehová como á Sedechîas y como á Achâb, los cuales asó al fuego el rey de Babilonia.
23 They did outrageous things in Israel—they committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and told lies in my name. I didn't tell them to say anything. I am the one who knows what they did, and I can witness to it, declares the Lord.
23 Porque hicieron maldad en Israel, y cometieron adulterio con las mujeres de sus prójimos, y falsamente hablaron en mi nombre palabra que no les mandé; lo cual yo sé, y soy testigo, dice Jehová.
24 Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite
24 Y á Semaías de Nehelam hablarás, diciendo:
25 that this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: On your own authority you sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying,
25 Así habló Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, diciendo: Por cuanto enviaste letras en tu nombre á todo el pueblo que está en Jerusalem, y á Sophonías sacerdote hijo de Maasías, y á todos los sacerdotes, diciendo:
26 “Zephaniah, the Lord has chosen you as priest to replace Jehoiada, to be in charge of the Lord's Temple. In that capacity you are required to put in the stocks and neck irons any crazy person who claims to be a prophet.
26 Jehová te ha puesto por sacerdote en lugar de Joiada sacerdote, para que presidáis en la casa de Jehová sobre todo hombre furioso y profetizante, poniéndolo en el calabozo y en el cepo.
27 So why haven't you punished Jeremiah of Anathoth, who claims to be a prophet among you?
27 ¿Por qué pues no has ahora reprendido á Jeremías de Anathoth, que os profetiza [falsamente]?
28 You should have done this because he has sent a letter to us here in Babylon, stating, ‘The exile will last a long time. So build yourselves houses there to live in. Plant gardens and grow food to eat.’”
28 Porque por eso nos envió á decir en Babilonia: Largo va [el cautiverio]: edificad casas, y morad; plantad huertos, y comed el fruto de ellos.
29 However, Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.
29 Y Sophonías sacerdote había leído esta carta á oídos de Jeremías profeta.
30 Then the Lord told Jeremiah:
30 Y fué palabra de Jehová á Jeremías, diciendo:
31 Send this message to all the exiles: This is what the Lord says about Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Since Shemaiah has prophesied to you, even though I didn't send him, and has convinced you to believe in a lie,
31 Envía á decir á toda la transmigración: Así ha dicho Jehová de Semaías de Nehelam: Porque os profetizó Semaías, y yo no lo envié, y os hizo confiar en mentira:
32 this is what the Lord says: I'm going to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He won't have any family left among this people, and he won't experience the good things that I'm going to do for my people, declares the Lord, for he has promoted rebellion against the Lord.
32 Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová: He aquí que yo visito sobre Semaías de Nehelam, y sobre su generación: no tendrá varón que more entre este pueblo, ni verá aquel bien que haré yo á mi pueblo, dice Jehová: porque contra Jehová ha hablado rebelión.
People & places in this chapter
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Ahab
Son of Kolaiah, a prophet in Babylon prophesying lies in the LORD's name, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:21; Jeremiah 29:22
Elasah
Son of Shaphan who, with Gemariah son of Hilkiah, carried Jeremiah's letter to the exiles in Babylon.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:3
Gemariah
Son of Hilkiah whom Zedekiah sent to Nebuchadnezzar and who carried Jeremiah's letter to the exiles.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:3
Hilkiah
Named as the father of Gemariah, who carried Jeremiah's letter to Babylon.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:3
Kolaiah
Named as the father of Ahab, a false prophet among the exiles.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:21
Maaseiah
Named as the father of Zedekiah, a false prophet among the exiles.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:21
Maaseiah
Named as the father of Zephaniah the priest.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 37:3
Shemaiah
A Nehelamite among the exiles who sent letters to Jerusalem and was condemned by the LORD through Jeremiah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:24; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 29:32
Zedekiah
Son of Maaseiah, a prophet in Babylon prophesying lies in the LORD's name, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:21; Jeremiah 29:22
Zephaniah
The priest, son of Maaseiah, whom Zedekiah sent to ask Jeremiah to pray and to whom a letter from Shemaiah was addressed. When Jerusalem fell he was taken as 'the second priest'…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:18; Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 29:25–29; Esther 9:20; Acts 15:23; Hebrews 13:22; Revelation 2:1–3
- 2 Jeremiah 22:24–28; 2 Chronicles 36:9–10; Jeremiah 27:20; 2 Kings 24:12–16; 2 Kings 20:18
- 3 1 Chronicles 6:13; Jeremiah 36:25; 2 Chronicles 34:20; Ezekiel 8:11; 2 Kings 22:8
- 4 Jeremiah 24:5; Isaiah 59:1–2; Isaiah 45:7; Amos 3:6; Isaiah 10:5–6
- 5 Jeremiah 29:28; Jeremiah 29:10; Ezekiel 28:26
- 6 Judges 12:9; Genesis 24:51; Genesis 21:21; Genesis 24:3–4; Genesis 29:19
- 7 1 Timothy 2:1–2; Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:23; 1 Peter 2:13–17; Daniel 4:27
- 8 Ephesians 5:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11; Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 27:9; Revelation 13:14
- 9 Jeremiah 27:15; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 29:23
- 10 Daniel 9:2; Jeremiah 24:6–7; Zechariah 7:5; Jeremiah 32:42–44; Jeremiah 25:12
- 11 Isaiah 55:8–12; Psalm 33:11; Micah 4:12; Psalm 40:5; Job 23:13
- 12 Matthew 7:7–8; Jeremiah 33:3; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 145:19; Psalm 10:17
- 13 Deuteronomy 4:29–31; Psalm 119:2; Matthew 7:7; Psalm 119:10; Jeremiah 24:7
- 14 Ezekiel 36:1–38; Jeremiah 30:3; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Romans 10:20; Micah 4:12
- 15 Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 1:3; Jeremiah 28:1–17; Jeremiah 29:8–9
- 16 Jeremiah 38:2–3; Jeremiah 38:17–23; Ezekiel 6:1–9; Ezekiel 22:31; Jeremiah 24:2
- 17 Jeremiah 24:8–10; Jeremiah 29:18; Jeremiah 27:8; Luke 21:23; Jeremiah 43:11
- 18 Jeremiah 42:18; 2 Chronicles 29:8; Jeremiah 15:4; Jeremiah 34:17; Jeremiah 24:9
- 19 Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 35:14–16; Jeremiah 34:17; Jeremiah 25:3–7
- 20 Jeremiah 24:5; Micah 4:10; Ezekiel 3:11; Ezekiel 3:15
- 21 Jeremiah 14:14–15; Lamentations 2:14; Jeremiah 29:8–9
- 22 Isaiah 65:15; Daniel 3:6; Daniel 3:21; Genesis 48:20; Ruth 4:11
- 23 Malachi 3:5; Jeremiah 23:14; Hebrews 4:13; Jeremiah 29:21; Proverbs 5:21
- 24 Jeremiah 29:31–32
- 25 Jeremiah 37:3; Jeremiah 52:24; Jeremiah 29:29; Jeremiah 21:1–2; Nehemiah 6:17
- 26 Jeremiah 20:1–2; 2 Kings 9:11; John 10:20; Hosea 9:7; Acts 26:24
- 27 John 11:47–53; Jeremiah 29:26; Acts 4:17–21; Jeremiah 43:2–3; Matthew 27:63
- 28 Jeremiah 29:5; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 29:1
- 29 Jeremiah 29:25
- 31 Jeremiah 29:9; Jeremiah 14:14–15; Ezekiel 13:8–16; Ezekiel 13:22–23; Jeremiah 29:23–24
- 32 Jeremiah 28:16; 2 Kings 7:19–20; Jeremiah 17:6; Jeremiah 22:30; 2 Kings 7:2
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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… when predicting the captivity that was to befall the ancient people of God, and giving them the divine command to go obediently to Babylonia, and thus serve their God, counselled them also to pray for Babylonia, saying, "In the peace thereof shall ye have peace," --the temporal peace which the good and the wicked together enjoy.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)