Discovery Box| (1.00) | Jer 28:6 |
| The prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do all this! May the Lord make your prophecy come true! May he bring back to this place from Babylon all the valuable articles taken from the Lord’s temple and the people who were carried into exile. |
| (1.00) | Jer 28:7 |
| But listen to what I say to you and to all these people. 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 28:8 |
| From earliest times, the prophets who preceded you and me invariably 1 prophesied war, disaster, 2 and plagues against many countries and great kingdoms. |
| (1.00) | Jer 28:9 |
| So if a prophet prophesied 1 peace and prosperity, it was only known that the Lord truly sent him when what he prophesied came true.” |
| (1.00) | Jer 28:12 |
| But shortly after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. |
| (1.00) | Jer 28:16 |
| So the Lord says, ‘I will most assuredly remove 1 you from the face of the earth. You will die this very year because you have counseled rebellion against the Lord.’” 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:1 |
| The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem 1 to Babylon. It was addressed to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the other people who were exiled in Babylon. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:2 |
| He sent it after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the palace officials, 1 the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had been exiled from Jerusalem. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:7 |
| Work to see that the city where I sent you as exiles enjoys peace and prosperity. Pray to the Lord for it. For as it prospers you will prosper.’ |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:10 |
| “For the Lord says, ‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule 1 are over will I again take up consideration for you. 2 Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore 3 you to your homeland. 4 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:13 |
| When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul, 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:15 |
| “You say, ‘The Lord has raised up prophets of good news 1 for us here in Babylon.’ |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:18 |
| I will chase after them with war, 1 starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them. |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:19 |
| For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,’ 1 says the Lord. 2 ‘And you exiles 3 have not paid any attention to them either,’ says the Lord. 4 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:20 |
| ‘So pay attention to what I, the Lord, have said, 1 all you exiles whom I have sent to Babylon from Jerusalem.’ |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:23 |
| This will happen to them because they have done what is shameful 1 in Israel. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken lies while claiming my authority. 2 They have spoken words that I did not command them to speak. I know what they have done. I have been a witness to it,’ says the Lord.” 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:30 |
| Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:32 |
| Because he has done this,” 1 the Lord says, “I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his whole family. There will not be any of them left to experience the good things that I will do for my people. I, the Lord, affirm it! For he counseled rebellion against the Lord.”’” 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 30:1 |
| The Lord spoke to Jeremiah. 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 30:2 |
| “The Lord God of Israel says, 1 ‘Write everything that I am about to tell you in a scroll. 2 |
