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

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

16this 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—

17this 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.

18I 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.

19I 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

Becauseכִּ֖יH3588Conjunctionyou may sayאֲמַרְתֶּ֑םH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine pluralThe LORDיְהוָ֛הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularhas raised upהֵקִ֨יםH6965Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularfor usלָ֧נוּPreposition | first person common pluralprophetsנְבִאִ֖יםH5030Noun - masculine pluralin Babylonבָּבֶֽלָה׃סH894Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular

Verse 16

Cross-references

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

Original words

-כִּי־H3588Conjunctionthis is whatכֹ֣ה׀H3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֗הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularsaysאָמַ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularaboutאֶל־H413Prepositionthe kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙H4428Article | Noun - masculine singularwho sitsהַיּוֹשֵׁב֙H3427Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularonאֶל־H413PrepositionDavid’sדָוִ֔דH1732Noun - proper - masculine singularthroneכִּסֵּ֣אH3678Noun - masculine singular constructandוְאֶל־H413Conjunctive waw | Prepositionallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe peopleהָעָ֔םH5971Article | Noun - masculine singularwho remainהַיּוֹשֵׁ֖בH3427Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularin thisהַזֹּ֑אתH2063Article | Pronoun - feminine singularcityבָּעִ֣ירH5892Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularyour brothersאֲחֵיכֶ֕םH251Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralwhoאֲשֶׁ֛רH834Pronoun - relativedid notלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlegoיָצְא֥וּH3318Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralwith youאִתְּכֶ֖םH854Preposition | second person masculine pluralinto exileבַּגּוֹלָֽה׃H1473Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 17

Cross-references

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

Original words

this is whatכֹּ֤הH3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularof Hostsצְבָא֔וֹתH6635Noun - common plural. . .הִנְנִי֙H2005Interjection | first person common singularsaysאָמַר֙H559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularI will sendמְשַׁלֵּ֣חַH7971Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singularagainst themבָּ֔םPreposition | third person masculine pluralאֶת־אֶת־H853Direct object markerswordהַחֶ֖רֶבH2719Article | Noun - feminine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerand famineהָרָעָ֣בH7458Article | Noun - masculine singular-וְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerand plagueהַדָּ֑בֶרH1698Article | Noun - masculine singularand I will makeוְנָתַתִּ֣יH5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularthemאוֹתָ֗םH853Direct object marker | third person masculine plurallike rottenהַשֹּׁ֣עָרִ֔יםH8182Article | Adjective - masculine pluralfigsכַּתְּאֵנִים֙H8384Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine pluralso badמֵרֹֽעַ׃H7455Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativethey cannotלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlebe eatenתֵאָכַ֖לְנָהH398Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural

Verse 18

Cross-references

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

Original words

I will pursueוְרָֽדַפְתִּי֙H7291Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularthemאַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֔םH310Preposition | third person masculine pluralwith swordבַּחֶ֖רֶבH2719Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularand famineבָּרָעָ֣בH7458Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularand plagueוּבַדָּ֑בֶרH1698Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularI will make themוּנְתַתִּ֨יםH5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plurala horrorלִזְוָעָהH2113Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularto allלְכֹ֣ל׀H3605Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructthe kingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתH4467Noun - feminine plural constructof the earthהָאָ֗רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singulara curseלְאָלָ֤הH423Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singulara desolationוּלְשַׁמָּה֙H8047Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularand an object of scornוְלִשְׁרֵקָ֣הH8322Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularand reproachוּלְחֶרְפָּ֔הH2781Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularamong allבְּכָל־H3605Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructthe nationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םH1471Article | Noun - masculine pluralto whichאֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativeI banish themהִדַּחְתִּ֥יםH5080Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural. . .שָֽׁם׃H8033Adverb

Verse 19

Cross-references

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

Original words

I will do this becauseתַּ֛חַתH8478Preposition-אֲשֶֽׁר־H834Pronoun - relativethey have notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlelistenedשָׁמְע֥וּH8085Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluraltoאֶל־H413PrepositionMy wordsדְּבָרַ֖יH1697Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularwhichאֲשֶׁר֩H834Pronoun - relativeI sentשָׁלַ֨חְתִּיH7971Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singulartoאֲלֵיהֶ֜םH413Preposition | third person masculine pluralthemאֶת־H853Prepositionagain and againהַשְׁכֵּ֣םH7925Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute. . .וְשָׁלֹ֔חַH7971Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolutethrough My servantsעֲבָדַ֤יH5650Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularthe prophetsהַנְּבִאִים֙H5030Article | Noun - masculine pluralAnd neither have you [exiles]וְלֹ֥אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlelistenedשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םH8085Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine pluraldeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָֽה׃H3068Noun - proper - masculine singular

BSB notes

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

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