Jeremiah 29:15-19

King James Version

¹⁵Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

¹⁶Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

¹⁷Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

¹⁸And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:

¹⁹Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.

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Jeremiah 29:15-19

New International Version

¹⁵You may say, “The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,” ¹⁶but this is what the Lord says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your fellow citizens who did not go with you into exile— ¹⁷yes, this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will send the sword, famine and plague^(A) against them and I will make them like figs^(B) that are so bad they cannot be eaten. ¹⁸I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent^(C) to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse^[a]^(D) and an object of horror,^(E) of scorn^(F) and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them. ¹⁹For they have not listened to my words,”^(G) declares the Lord, “words that I sent to them again and again^(H) by my servants the prophets.^(I) And you exiles have not listened either,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 29:18 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see verse 22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

Jeremiah 29:15-19

New King James Version

¹⁵Because you have said, “The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon”— ¹⁶^(A)therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, concerning all the people who dwell in this city, and concerning your brethren who have not gone out with you into captivity— ¹⁷thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like ^(B)rotten figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. ¹⁸And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence; and I ^(C)will deliver them to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth—to be ^(D)a curse, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them, ¹⁹because they have not heeded My words, says the Lord, which ^(E)I sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; neither would you heed, says the Lord.