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Jeremiah 29:1; Jeremiah 29:4-14
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Jeremiah 29:1
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Jeremiah wrote a letter from Jerusalem to the elders, priests, prophets, and all the people who had been exiled to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar.
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Jeremiah 29:4-14
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This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the captives he has exiled to Babylon from Jerusalem:
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“Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce.
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Marry and have children. Then find spouses for them so that you may have many grandchildren. Multiply! Do not dwindle away!
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And work for the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare.”
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This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let your prophets and fortune-tellers who are with you in the land of Babylon trick you. Do not listen to their dreams,
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because they are telling you lies in my name. I have not sent them,” says the LORD .
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This is what the LORD says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.
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For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD . “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
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In those days when you pray, I will listen.
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If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
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I will be found by you,” says the LORD . “I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.”
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.