Jeremiah 36 : 1 (LXXEN)
And these are the words of the book which Jeremias sent from Jerusalem to the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the false prophets, even an epistle to Babylon for the captivity, and to all the people;
Jeremiah 36 : 2 (LXXEN)
(after the departure of Jechonias the king and the queen, and the eunuchs, and every freeman, and bondman, and artificer, out of Jerusalem;)
Jeremiah 36 : 3 (LXXEN)
by the hand of Eleasan son of Saphan, and Gamarias son of Chelcias, (whom Sedekias king of Juda sent to the king of Babylon to Babylon) saying,
Jeremiah 36 : 4 (LXXEN)
Thus said the Lord God of Israel concerning the captivity which I caused to be carried away from Jerusalem;
Jeremiah 36 : 5 (LXXEN)
Build ye houses, and inhabit them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruits thereof;
Jeremiah 36 : 6 (LXXEN)
and take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and be multiplied, and be not diminished.
Jeremiah 36 : 7 (LXXEN)
And seek the peace of the land into which I have carried you captive, and ye shall pray to the Lord for *Gr. them the people: for in its peace ye shall have peace.
Jeremiah 36 : 8 (LXXEN)
For thus saith the Lord; Let not the false prophets that are among you persuade you, and let not your diviners persuade you, and hearken not to your dreams which ye dream.
Jeremiah 36 : 9 (LXXEN)
For they prophesy to you unrighteous words in my name; and I sent them not.
Jeremiah 36 : 10 (LXXEN)
For thus said the Lord; When seventy years shall be on the point of being accomplished at Babylon, I will visit you, and will confirm my words to you, to bring back your people to this place.
Jeremiah 36 : 11 (LXXEN)
And I will devise for you a device of peace, and not evil, to bestow upon you these good things.
Jeremiah 36 : 12 (LXXEN)
And do ye pray to me, and I will hearken to you: and do ye earnestly seek me, and ye shall find me;
Jeremiah 36 : 13 (LXXEN)
for ye shall seek me with your whole heart.
Jeremiah 36 : 14 (LXXEN)
And I will appear to you:
Jeremiah 36 : 15 (LXXEN)
whereas ye said, The Lord has appointed for us prophets in Babylon:
Jeremiah 36 : 21 (LXXEN)
Thus saith the Lord concerning Achiab, and concerning Sedekias; Behold, I will deliver them into the hands of the king of Babylon; and he shall smite them in your sight.
Jeremiah 36 : 22 (LXXEN)
And they shall *Gr. take make of them a curse in all the captivity of Juda in Babylon, saying, The Lord do to thee as he did to Sedekias, and as he did to Achiab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire;
Jeremiah 36 : 23 (LXXEN)
because of the iniquity which they wrought in Israel, and because they committed adultery with the wives of their fellow-citizens; and spoke a word in my name, which I did not command them to speak, and I am witness, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 36 : 24 (LXXEN)
And to Samaeas the Ælamite thou shalt say,
Jeremiah 36 : 25 (LXXEN)
I sent thee not in my name: and to Sophonias the priest the son of Maasaeas say thou,
Jeremiah 36 : 26 (LXXEN)
The Lord has made thee priest in the place of Jodae the priest, to be ruler in the house of the Lord over every prophet, and to every madman, and thou shalt put them in prison, and into the dungeon.
Jeremiah 36 : 27 (LXXEN)
And now wherefore have ye reviled together Jeremias of Anathoth, who prophesied to you?
Jeremiah 36 : 28 (LXXEN)
Did he not send for this purpose? for in the course of this month he sent to you to Babylon, saying, It is far off: build ye houses, and inhabit them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Jeremiah 36 : 29 (LXXEN)
And Sophonias read the book in the ears of Jeremias.
Jeremiah 36 : 30 (LXXEN)
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying,
Jeremiah 36 : 31 (LXXEN)
Send to the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Samaeas the Ælamite, Since Samaeas has prophesied to you, and I sent him not, and he has made you to trust in iniquity,
Jeremiah 36 : 32 (LXXEN)
therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will visit Samaeas, and his family: and there shall not be a man of them in the midst of you to see the good which I will do to you: they shall not see it.
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