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For they are prophesying falsely[a] to you in my name; I have not sent them,’ declares[b] Yahweh. 10 For thus says Yahweh, ‘As soon as the time has passed,[c] seventy years[d] for Babylon, I will attend to you, and I will fulfill my good word to you, to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans that I am planning concerning you,’ declares[e] Yahweh, ‘plans for prosperity and not for harm, to give to you a future and a hope.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:9 Literally “in a lie”
  2. Jeremiah 29:9 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Jeremiah 29:10 Literally “When to the mouth of being full”
  4. Jeremiah 29:10 Hebrew “year”
  5. Jeremiah 29:11 Literally “a declaration of”

They are prophesying lies(A) to you in my name. I have not sent(B) them,” declares the Lord.

10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years(C) are completed for Babylon, I will come to you(D) and fulfill my good promise(E) to bring you back(F) to this place. 11 For I know the plans(G) I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper(H) you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.(I)

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