English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jeremiah Book, chapter 29, verse 25 in Nlv Version

Jeremiah 29 : 1 (NLV)

These are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the man of God sent from Jerusalem to the leaders, the religious leaders, the men of God, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Jeremiah 29 : 2 (NLV)

(This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the king's servants, the rulers of Judah and Jerusalem, and the able workmen had left Jerusalem.)

Jeremiah 29 : 3 (NLV)

The letter was sent with Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom King Zedekiah of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It said,

Jeremiah 29 : 4 (NLV)

"This is what the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says to all of His people who have been sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:

Jeremiah 29 : 5 (NLV)

'Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.

Jeremiah 29 : 6 (NLV)

Take wives and become the fathers of sons and daughters. And take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, that they may give birth to sons and daughters. Become many there, and do not let your number become less.

Jeremiah 29 : 7 (NLV)

Work for the well-being of the city where I have sent you to and pray to the Lord for this. For if it is well with the city you live in, it will be well with you.'

Jeremiah 29 : 8 (NLV)

For the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says, 'Do not let the people among you who tell what is going to happen in the future and those who use their secret ways fool you. Do not listen to their dreams.

Jeremiah 29 : 9 (NLV)

For they speak false words to you in My name. I have not sent them,' says the Lord.

Jeremiah 29 : 10 (NLV)

"For the Lord says, 'When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you and keep My promise to you. I will bring you back to this place.

Jeremiah 29 : 11 (NLV)

For I know the plans I have for you,' says the Lord, 'plans for well-being and not for trouble, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29 : 12 (NLV)

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 29 : 13 (NLV)

You will look for Me and find Me, when you look for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29 : 14 (NLV)

I will be found by you,' says the Lord. 'And I will bring you back and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have made you go,' says the Lord. 'I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you away.'

Jeremiah 29 : 15 (NLV)

"You have said that the Lord has given men who speak for Him in Babylon.

Jeremiah 29 : 16 (NLV)

This is what the Lord says about the king who sits on the throne of David, and about all the people who live in this city, your brothers who were not taken with you to Babylon.

Jeremiah 29 : 17 (NLV)

The Lord of All says, 'I am sending the sword, hunger, and disease upon them. I will make them like bad figs which are so bad they cannot be eaten.

Jeremiah 29 : 18 (NLV)

I will go after them with the sword, hunger, and disease, and will make them a cause of trouble to all the nations of the earth. They will be a curse, an object of much shame and hate among all the nations where I have made them go.

Jeremiah 29 : 19 (NLV)

This is because they have not listened to My words,' says the Lord, 'which I sent to them again and again by My servants who spoke for Me. And you did not listen,' says the Lord.

Jeremiah 29 : 20 (NLV)

So hear the Word of the Lord, all you people who have been sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Jeremiah 29 : 21 (NLV)

"This is what the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says about Ahab the son of Kolaiah and about Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who are speaking false words to you in My name: 'See, I will give them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will kill them in front of your eyes.

Jeremiah 29 : 22 (NLV)

Because of them a curse will be used by all the people who are from Judah but are in Babylon: "May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned in the fire."

Jeremiah 29 : 23 (NLV)

This is because they have done what is foolish in Israel. They have done sex sins with their neighbors' wives. And they have spoken false words in My name, which I did not tell them to speak. I am He Who knows, and I see what they have done,' says the Lord."

Jeremiah 29 : 24 (NLV)

And say to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,

Jeremiah 29 : 25 (NLV)

"This is what the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says: 'You have sent letters in your own name to all the people in Jerusalem and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the religious leader, and to all the religious leaders. You said to Zephaniah,

Jeremiah 29 : 26 (NLV)

"The Lord has made you the religious leader over the house of the Lord instead of Jehoiada. You are to take every crazy man who says he speaks in God's name and put him in chains with iron around his neck.

Jeremiah 29 : 27 (NLV)

So why have you not spoken sharp words to Jeremiah of Anathoth who is speaking to you in God's name?

Jeremiah 29 : 28 (NLV)

For he has sent word to us in Babylon, saying, 'You will be held there for a long time. So build houses and live in them. And plant gardens and eat their fruit.' " ' "

Jeremiah 29 : 29 (NLV)

Zephaniah the religious leader read this letter to Jeremiah the man of God.

Jeremiah 29 : 30 (NLV)

Then the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

Jeremiah 29 : 31 (NLV)

"Send word to all My people held in Babylon, saying, 'This is what the Lord says about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Shemaiah has spoken to you in My name, but I did not send him. He has made you trust in a lie.'

Jeremiah 29 : 32 (NLV)

So the Lord says, 'I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his children after him. He will not have anyone living among these people. And he will not see the good that I am about to do to My people,' says the Lord, 'because he has spoken against Me.' "