Jeremiah 29
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 29 of 52
Chapter Summary
Jeremiah sends a letter to the captives in Babylon not to believe the dreams of their prophets, also they shall return after seventy years. The fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
The prophet who writes from Jerusalem the letter telling the exiles to settle, seek the city's peace, and await seventy years.
False prophet among the exiles who sends letters demanding Jeremiah be put in stocks; Jehovah condemns his line.
Son of Maaseiah the priest; receives Shemaiah's letter and reads it aloud to Jeremiah.
Son of Kolaiah, a false prophet in Babylon condemned for lies and adultery, to be roasted in the fire by the king of Babylon.
Son of Maaseiah, a false prophet in Babylon condemned alongside Ahab for prophesying lies in Jehovah's name.
King of Babylon who exiled the people and into whose hand the false prophets are given for execution.
Timeline
Jeremiah sends a letter to the captives in Babylon advising them to build houses, plant gardens, marry, and seek the peace of the city, because their exile will last seventy years.
Jeremiah 29:1-14Jeremiah prophesies that two false prophets, Ahab and Zedekiah, will be roasted in the fire by the king of Babylon as punishment for speaking lies in God's name and committing adultery.
Jeremiah 29:15-23Shemaiah the Nehelamite sends a letter to the priests in Jerusalem demanding Jeremiah be put in the stocks. God declares Shemaiah's line will be cut off and he will not see the good God does for His people.
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