Jer.29.1

Jeremiah 29:1

KJV

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;

Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles

Cross References

2 Kings 24:12

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And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

The Captivity of Jerusalem

Deportation to Babylon

2 Chronicles 30:1

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And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel.

Hezekiah Proclaims a Passover

2 Chronicles 30:6

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So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

Hezekiah Proclaims a Passover

2 Chronicles 36:10

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And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah

Captivity in Babylon Begun

Esther 9:20

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¶ And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

The Feast of Purim Instituted

Jeremiah 24:1

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The Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

The Good and Bad Figs

Jeremiah 28:17

KJV

So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.

Hananiah’s False Prophecy

Jeremiah 29:8

KJV GOD

For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles

Jeremiah 29:25

KJV GOD

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

The Message to Shemaiah

Jeremiah 29:28

KJV GOD

For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

The Message to Shemaiah

Jeremiah 29:29

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And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.