1 Et hæc sunt verba libri quem misit Jeremias propheta de Jerusalem ad reliquias seniorum transmigrationis, et ad sacerdotes, et ad prophetas, et ad omnem populum quem traduxerat Nabuchodonosor de Jerusalem in Babylonem, 2 postquam egressus est Jechonias rex, et domina, et eunuchi, et principes Juda et Jerusalem, et faber et inclusor, de Jerusalem, 3 in manu Elasa filii Saphan, et Gamariæ filii Helciæ, quos misit Sedecias rex Juda ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis in Babylonem, dicens: 4 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël, omni transmigrationi quam transtuli de Jerusalem in Babylonem: 5 Ædificate domos, et habitate: et plantate hortos, et comedite fructum eorum. 6 Accipite uxores, et generate filios et filias: et date filiis vestris uxores, et filias vestras date viris, et pariant filios et filias: et multiplicamini ibi, et nolite esse pauci numero. 7 Et quærite pacem civitatis ad quam transmigrare vos feci, et orate pro ea ad Dominum, quia in pace illius erit pax vobis. 8 Hæc enim dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: Non vos seducant prophetæ vestri qui sunt in medio vestrum, et divini vestri, et ne attendatis ad somnia vestra quæ vos somniatis: 9 quia falso ipsi prophetant vobis in nomine meo, et non misi eos, dicit Dominus. 10 Quia hæc dicit Dominus: Cum cœperint impleri in Babylone septuaginta anni, visitabo vos, et suscitabo super vos verbum meum bonum, ut reducam vos ad locum istum. 11 Ego enim scio cogitationes quas ego cogito super vos, ait Dominus, cogitationes pacis et non afflictionis, ut dem vobis finem et patientiam. 12 Et invocabitis me, et ibitis: et orabitis me, et ego exaudiam vos. 13 Quæretis me, et invenietis, cum quæsieritis me in toto corde vestro. 14 Et inveniar a vobis, ait Dominus: et reducam captivitatem vestram, et congregabo vos de universis gentibus et de cunctis locis ad quæ expuli vos, dicit Dominus, et reverti vos faciam de loco ad quem transmigrare vos feci. 15 Quia dixistis: Suscitavit nobis Dominus prophetas in Babylone: 16 quia hæc dicit Dominus ad regem qui sedet super solium David, et ad omnem populum habitatorem urbis hujus, ad fratres vestros qui non sunt egressi vobiscum in transmigrationem: 17 hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Ecce mittam in eos gladium, et famem, et pestem: et ponam eos quasi ficus malas, quæ comedi non possunt eo quod pessimæ sint: 18 et persequar eos in gladio, et in fame, et in pestilentia: et dabo eos in vexationem universis regnis terræ: in maledictionem, et in stuporem, et in sibilum, et in opprobrium cunctis gentibus ad quas ego ejeci eos, 19 eo quod non audierint verba mea, dicit Dominus, quæ misit ad eos per servos meos prophetas, de nocte consurgens et mittens: et non audistis, dicit Dominus. 20 Vos ergo audite verbum Domini, omnis transmigratio quam emisi de Jerusalem in Babylonem. 21 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël, ad Achab filium Coliæ, et ad Sedeciam filium Maasiæ, qui prophetant vobis in nomine meo mendaciter: Ecce ego tradam eos in manus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis, et percutiet eos in oculis vestris: 22 et assumetur ex eis maledictio omni transmigrationi Juda quæ est in Babylone, dicentium: Ponat te Dominus sicut Sedeciam et sicut Achab, quos frixit rex Babylonis in igne: 23 pro eo quod fecerint stultitiam in Israël, et mœchati sunt in uxores amicorum suorum, et locuti sunt verbum in nomine meo mendaciter, quod non mandavi eis. Ego sum judex et testis, dicit Dominus. 24 Et ad Semeiam Nehelamiten dices: 25 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: Pro eo quod misisti in nomine tuo libros ad omnem populum qui est in Jerusalem, et ad Sophoniam filium Maasiæ sacerdotem, et ad universos sacerdotes, dicens: 26 Dominus dedit te sacerdotem pro Jojade sacerdote, ut sis dux in domo Domini, super omnem virum arreptitium et prophetantem, ut mittas eum in nervum et in carcerem: 27 et nunc quare non increpasti Jeremiam Anathothiten, qui prophetat vobis? 28 Quia super hoc misit in Babylonem ad nos, dicens: Longum est: ædificate domos, et habitate: et plantate hortos, et comedite fructus eorum. 29 Legit ergo Sophonias sacerdos librum istum in auribus Jeremiæ prophetæ. 30 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam, dicens: 31 Mitte ad omnem transmigrationem, dicens: Hæc dicit Dominus ad Semeiam Nehelamiten: Pro eo quod prophetavit vobis Semeias, et ego non misi eum, et fecit vos confidere in mendacio, 32 idcirco hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego visitabo super Semeiam Nehelamiten, et super semen ejus: non erit ei vir sedens in medio populi hujus, et non videbit bonum quod ego faciam populo meo, ait Dominus, quia prævaricationem locutus est adversus Dominum.
Jeremiah 29 Clementine Vulgate
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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
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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.
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