Discovery BoxJeremiah 29:28 
Context29:28 For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon. He wrote and told us, 1 “You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.”’” 2
Jeremiah 42:17
Context42:17 All the people who are determined to go and settle in Egypt will die from war, starvation, or disease. No one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.’
Jeremiah 49:18
Context49:18 Edom will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah
and the towns that were around them.
No one will live there.
No human being will settle in it,”
says the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:40
Context50:40 I will destroy Babylonia just like I did
Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns.
No one will live there. 3
No human being will settle in it,”
says the Lord. 4
1 tn Heb “For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying….” The quote, however, is part of the earlier letter.
3 tn Heb “‘Like [when] God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns,’ oracle of the
sn Compare Jer 49:18 where the same prophecy is applied to Edom.
4 tn Heb “Oracle of the
