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Jeremiah Chapter 29

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Jeremiah

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In this chapter Jeremiah speaks of God’s promise to rebuild Jerusalem and restore the people, emphasizing that God will be their refuge and protector. He urges the exiles to trust in God’s future restoration and to live in obedience while they wait. The chapter highlights God’s faithfulness and the hope of a new creation.

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(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;
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Jeremiah 29:25Jeremiah 29:26Jeremiah 29:27Jeremiah 29:28Jeremiah 29:29II Chronicles 30:1II Chronicles 30:2II Chronicles 30:3II Chronicles 30:4II Chronicles 30:5II Chronicles 30:6Esther 9:20

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Jeremiah 40:1Esther 2:6Jeremiah 41:10Ezra 2:1Jeremiah 13:19Jeremiah 27:20

(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;)
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Jeremiah 22:24Jeremiah 22:25Jeremiah 22:26Jeremiah 22:27Jeremiah 22:28Jeremiah 27:20Jeremiah 28:4II Kings 24:12II Kings 24:13II Kings 24:14II Kings 24:15II Kings 24:16

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Matthew 19:12Jeremiah 24:1Esther 1:16Psalms 68:27Jeremiah 34:19

(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,
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Jeremiah 26:24Jeremiah 39:14II Kings 22:8Ezekiel 8:11Jeremiah 36:25II Kings 22:12II Chronicles 34:20

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Jeremiah 29:22Jeremiah 39:6Jeremiah 52:11II Kings 25:8II Chronicles 36:6II Chronicles 36:7

(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;
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Jeremiah 24:5Isaiah 5:5Isaiah 10:5Isaiah 10:6Isaiah 45:7Isaiah 59:1Isaiah 59:2Amos 3:6

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Esther 2:6I Kings 8:47II Kings 24:15Ezra 2:1Jeremiah 29:1Nehemiah 7:6

(5) Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
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Jeremiah 29:10Jeremiah 29:28Ezekiel 28:26

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Jeremiah 29:28Isaiah 65:21Amos 9:14Zephaniah 1:13Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11

(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.
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Jeremiah 16:2Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 16:4Genesis 1:27Genesis 1:28Genesis 9:7I Timothy 5:14Genesis 21:21Genesis 24:3Genesis 24:4Genesis 24:51Genesis 24:60

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Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Ezekiel 16:55Genesis 31:50Genesis 34:21Judges 3:6

(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.
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Daniel 4:27Daniel 6:4Daniel 6:5Romans 13:1Romans 13:5I Peter 2:13I Peter 2:14I Peter 2:15I Peter 2:16I Peter 2:17Ezra 6:10Ezra 7:23

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I Kings 8:47Jeremiah 29:4Jeremiah 29:14II Chronicles 6:38Song of Solomon 6:1Ezekiel 6:9

(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.
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Jeremiah 14:14Jeremiah 23:21Jeremiah 27:14Jeremiah 27:15Jeremiah 28:15Zechariah 13:4Matthew 24:4Matthew 24:5Matthew 24:24Mark 13:5Mark 13:6Mark 13:22

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Jeremiah 23:16Jeremiah 27:9Zechariah 1:4Jeremiah 23:25Jeremiah 23:15Zechariah 1:3

(9) For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 29:23Jeremiah 29:31Jeremiah 27:15

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Ezekiel 13:2Micah 2:6

(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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Jeremiah 25:12Jeremiah 27:7Jeremiah 27:22II Chronicles 36:21II Chronicles 36:22II Chronicles 36:23Ezra 1:1Ezra 1:2Daniel 9:2Zechariah 7:5Jeremiah 24:6Jeremiah 24:7

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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4II Chronicles 6:38Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4

(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.
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Job 23:13Psalms 33:11Psalms 40:5Isaiah 46:10Isaiah 46:11Isaiah 55:8Isaiah 55:9Isaiah 55:10Isaiah 55:11Isaiah 55:12Micah 4:12Zechariah 1:6

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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4Isaiah 55:8

(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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Jeremiah 31:9Jeremiah 33:3Nehemiah 2:4Nehemiah 2:5Nehemiah 2:6Nehemiah 2:7Nehemiah 2:8Nehemiah 2:9Nehemiah 2:10Nehemiah 2:11Nehemiah 2:12Nehemiah 2:13

(13) And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
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Leviticus 26:40Leviticus 26:41Leviticus 26:42Leviticus 26:43Leviticus 26:44Leviticus 26:45Deuteronomy 4:29Deuteronomy 4:30Deuteronomy 4:31Deuteronomy 30:1Deuteronomy 30:2Deuteronomy 30:3

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Ecclesiastes 8:17Deuteronomy 4:29Zephaniah 2:3

(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.
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Deuteronomy 4:7I Chronicles 28:9II Chronicles 15:12II Chronicles 15:13II Chronicles 15:14II Chronicles 15:15Psalms 32:6Psalms 46:1Isaiah 45:19Isaiah 55:6Romans 10:20Jeremiah 16:14

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II Chronicles 6:37John 8:14Deuteronomy 30:3Jeremiah 13:19Jeremiah 40:1Jeremiah 41:10

(15) Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
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Jeremiah 29:8Jeremiah 29:9Jeremiah 28:1Jeremiah 28:2Jeremiah 28:3Jeremiah 28:4Jeremiah 28:5Jeremiah 28:6Jeremiah 28:7Jeremiah 28:8Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:10

(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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Jeremiah 29:3Jeremiah 24:2Jeremiah 38:2Jeremiah 38:3Jeremiah 38:17Jeremiah 38:18Jeremiah 38:19Jeremiah 38:20Jeremiah 38:21Jeremiah 38:22Jeremiah 38:23Ezekiel 6:1

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Ezekiel 16:53Revelation 4:6Revelation 7:15

(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 29:18Jeremiah 15:2Jeremiah 15:3Jeremiah 24:8Jeremiah 24:9Jeremiah 24:10Jeremiah 34:17Jeremiah 34:18Jeremiah 34:19Jeremiah 34:20Jeremiah 34:21Jeremiah 34:22

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Jeremiah 24:2Jeremiah 24:3Ezekiel 5:16Ezekiel 7:15I Samuel 30:12Jeremiah 24:8

(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:
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Jeremiah 15:4Jeremiah 24:9Jeremiah 34:17Leviticus 26:33Deuteronomy 28:25Deuteronomy 28:64II Chronicles 29:8Psalms 44:11Ezekiel 6:8Ezekiel 12:15Ezekiel 22:15Ezekiel 36:19

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Jeremiah 24:9Jeremiah 44:12Jeremiah 34:17Ezekiel 7:15Deuteronomy 30:1Jeremiah 25:18

(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.
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Jeremiah 6:19Jeremiah 7:13Jeremiah 7:24Jeremiah 7:25Jeremiah 7:26Jeremiah 25:3Jeremiah 25:4Jeremiah 25:5Jeremiah 25:6Jeremiah 25:7Jeremiah 26:5Jeremiah 32:33

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Jeremiah 25:4Jeremiah 26:5Jeremiah 35:15Jeremiah 7:25Jeremiah 44:4Jeremiah 25:3

(20) Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
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Ezekiel 3:11Ezekiel 3:15Jeremiah 24:5Micah 4:10

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Ezekiel 16:53II Kings 24:15Ezra 2:1Jeremiah 29:22

(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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Jeremiah 29:8Jeremiah 29:9Jeremiah 14:14Jeremiah 14:15Lamentations 2:14

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Jeremiah 27:16Jeremiah 21:7Jeremiah 29:22I Kings 18:9Jeremiah 20:4Jeremiah 27:14

(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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Genesis 48:20Ruth 4:11Isaiah 65:15I Corinthians 16:22Daniel 3:6Daniel 3:21

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II Kings 24:15Ezra 2:1Jeremiah 29:3Jeremiah 39:6Jeremiah 52:11Ezekiel 16:53

(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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Jeremiah 7:9Jeremiah 7:10Jeremiah 23:14Jeremiah 23:21Psalms 50:16Psalms 50:17Psalms 50:18Zephaniah 3:4II Peter 2:10II Peter 2:11II Peter 2:12II Peter 2:13

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Ezekiel 23:37Jeremiah 44:9Ezekiel 23:3I Samuel 12:5I John 5:9Jeremiah 3:8

(24) Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
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Jeremiah 29:31Jeremiah 29:32

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Jeremiah 29:31

(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,
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I Kings 21:8I Kings 21:9I Kings 21:10I Kings 21:11I Kings 21:12I Kings 21:13II Kings 10:1II Kings 10:2II Kings 10:3II Kings 10:4II Kings 10:5II Kings 10:6

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I Corinthians 14:2Zechariah 1:3

(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.
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Jeremiah 20:1Jeremiah 20:2II Kings 11:15II Kings 11:18Acts 4:1Acts 5:24II Kings 9:11Hosea 9:7Mark 3:21John 10:20Acts 26:11Acts 26:24

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Obadiah 1:12Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12Isaiah 44:25

(27) Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
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II Chronicles 25:16Amos 7:12Amos 7:13John 11:47John 11:48John 11:49John 11:50John 11:51John 11:52John 11:53Acts 4:17Acts 4:18

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Jeremiah 28:12I Samuel 1:8Jeremiah 28:5Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:15Jeremiah 38:14

(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.
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Jeremiah 29:5Amos 9:14Isaiah 65:21Zephaniah 1:13Ezekiel 16:53Deuteronomy 28:4

(29) And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
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Jeremiah 28:12Jeremiah 36:6Jeremiah 36:15Jeremiah 28:5Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:15

(30) Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
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Jeremiah 38:6

(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:
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Jeremiah 29:9Jeremiah 29:23Jeremiah 14:14Jeremiah 14:15Jeremiah 23:21Jeremiah 28:15Jeremiah 28:16Jeremiah 28:17Ezekiel 13:8Ezekiel 13:9Ezekiel 13:10Ezekiel 13:11

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19Jeremiah 26:20Ezekiel 16:53I Chronicles 3:22II Chronicles 12:15

(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.
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Jeremiah 20:6Exodus 20:5Numbers 16:27Numbers 16:28Numbers 16:29Numbers 16:30Numbers 16:31Numbers 16:32Numbers 16:33Joshua 7:24Joshua 7:25II Kings 5:27

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Genesis 26:4Jeremiah 33:26Jeremiah 29:31

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