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Now these are the words of the letterwhichJeremiah the prophetsent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the exile, the priests, the prophets and all the peoplewhomNebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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(This was afterKingJeconiah and the queenmother, the courtofficials, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.)