Focused Passage

Jeremiah 29:15-19

The Letter to the Exiles: Seek the City's Welfare and Wait for the LORD's Restoration

The chapter moves from the historical setting of Jeremiah's letter, to practical instructions for faithful exile life, to warnings against false prophets, to the seventy-year restoration promise, and finally to judgment oracles against hardened leaders and lying prophets.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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

16 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.

19 I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”

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Verse 15

Original words

Because כִּ֖י H3588 Conjunction you may say אֲמַרְתֶּ֑ם H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural The LORD יְהוָ֛ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular has raised up הֵקִ֨ים H6965 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular for us לָ֧נוּ Preposition | first person common plural prophets נְבִאִ֖ים H5030 Noun - masculine plural in Babylon בָּבֶֽלָה׃ס H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular

Verse 16

Cross-references

Jeremiah 24:8 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 38:17 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 38:2 Classic cross-references

Original words

- כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction this is what כֹ֣ה׀ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular about אֶל־ H413 Preposition the king הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ H4428 Article | Noun - masculine singular who sits הַיּוֹשֵׁב֙ H3427 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular on אֶל־ H413 Preposition David’s דָוִ֔ד H1732 Noun - proper - masculine singular throne כִּסֵּ֣א H3678 Noun - masculine singular construct and וְאֶל־ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the people הָעָ֔ם H5971 Article | Noun - masculine singular who remain הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב H3427 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular in this הַזֹּ֑את H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular city בָּעִ֣יר H5892 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular your brothers אֲחֵיכֶ֕ם H251 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural who אֲשֶׁ֛ר H834 Pronoun - relative did not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle go יָצְא֥וּ H3318 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural with you אִתְּכֶ֖ם H854 Preposition | second person masculine plural into exile בַּגּוֹלָֽה׃ H1473 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 17

Cross-references

Jeremiah 24:8 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 29:18 Classic cross-references Leviticus 26:25 Classic cross-references

Original words

this is what כֹּ֤ה H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular of Hosts צְבָא֔וֹת H6635 Noun - common plural . . . הִנְנִי֙ H2005 Interjection | first person common singular says אָמַר֙ H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular I will send מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ H7971 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular against them בָּ֔ם Preposition | third person masculine plural אֶת־ אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker sword הַחֶ֖רֶב H2719 Article | Noun - feminine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker and famine הָרָעָ֣ב H7458 Article | Noun - masculine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker and plague הַדָּ֑בֶר H1698 Article | Noun - masculine singular and I will make וְנָתַתִּ֣י H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular them אוֹתָ֗ם H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural like rotten הַשֹּׁ֣עָרִ֔ים H8182 Article | Adjective - masculine plural figs כַּתְּאֵנִים֙ H8384 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine plural so bad מֵרֹֽעַ׃ H7455 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative they cannot לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle be eaten תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה H398 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural

Verse 18

Cross-references

Zechariah 8:13 Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 29:8 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 15:4 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 24:9 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 42:18 Classic cross-references

Original words

I will pursue וְרָֽדַפְתִּי֙ H7291 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular them אַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם H310 Preposition | third person masculine plural with sword בַּחֶ֖רֶב H2719 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular and famine בָּרָעָ֣ב H7458 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular and plague וּבַדָּ֑בֶר H1698 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular I will make them וּנְתַתִּ֨ים H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural a horror לִזְוָעָה H2113 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular to all לְכֹ֣ל׀ H3605 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct the kingdoms מַמְלְכ֣וֹת H4467 Noun - feminine plural construct of the earth הָאָ֗רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular a curse לְאָלָ֤ה H423 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular a desolation וּלְשַׁמָּה֙ H8047 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular and an object of scorn וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֣ה H8322 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular and reproach וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה H2781 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular among all בְּכָל־ H3605 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct the nations הַגּוֹיִ֖ם H1471 Article | Noun - masculine plural to which אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative I banish them הִדַּחְתִּ֥ים H5080 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural . . . שָֽׁם׃ H8033 Adverb

Verse 19

Cross-references

Jeremiah 6:19 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 25:3 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 26:5 Classic cross-references Hebrews 12:25 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 34:17 Classic cross-references

Original words

I will do this because תַּ֛חַת H8478 Preposition - אֲשֶֽׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative they have not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle listened שָׁמְע֥וּ H8085 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural to אֶל־ H413 Preposition My words דְּבָרַ֖י H1697 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular which אֲשֶׁר֩ H834 Pronoun - relative I sent שָׁלַ֨חְתִּי H7971 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular to אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם H413 Preposition | third person masculine plural them אֶת־ H853 Preposition again and again הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם H7925 Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute . . . וְשָׁלֹ֔חַ H7971 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute through My servants עֲבָדַ֤י H5650 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular the prophets הַנְּבִאִים֙ H5030 Article | Noun - masculine plural And neither have you [exiles] וְלֹ֥א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle listened שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם H8085 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

BSB notes

Literally I sent to them, rising up early and sending (to them)

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