Jeremiah 29:15

Contemporary English Version

You feel secure, because you think I have sent prophets to speak for me in Babylonia.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You have said, “The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon!”

Hebrew Names Version
Because you have said, the LORD has raised us up prophets in Bavel;

King James Version
Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

English Standard Version
"Because you have said, ‘The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,'

New American Standard Bible
"Because you have said, 'The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon'—

New Century Version
You might say, "The Lord has given us prophets here in Babylon."

Amplified Bible
"Because you [who have remained in Jerusalem] have said, 'The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,'

World English Bible
Because you have said, Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Because ye haue sayd, The Lord hath raised vs vp Prophets in Babel,

Legacy Standard Bible
"Because you have said, ‘Yahweh has raised up prophets for us in Babylon'—

Berean Standard Bible
Because you may say, "The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,"

Complete Jewish Bible
"You say that Adonai has raised up prophets for you in Bavel.

Darby Translation
If ye say, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

Easy-to-Read Version
You people might say, "But the Lord has given us prophets here in Babylon."

George Lamsa Translation
Because you have said, The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon;

Good News Translation
"You say that the Lord has given you prophets in Babylonia.

Lexham English Bible
Because you have said, ‘Yahweh has raised up prophets for us in Babylon'—

Literal Translation
Because you have said, Jehovah has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But where as ye saye, that God hath raysed you vp prophetes at Babilon:

American Standard Version
Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

Bible in Basic English
For you have said, The Lord has given us prophets in Babylon.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For ye have said: 'The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.'

King James Version (1611)
Because yee haue said, The Lord hath raised vs vp prophets in Babylon:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But where as ye say that God hath raysed you vp prophetes at Babylon,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I have made thee small among the nations, utterly contemptible among men.

English Revised Version
For ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For ye seiden, The Lord schal reise profetis to vs in Babiloyne.

Update Bible Version
Because you have said, Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon;

Webster's Bible Translation
Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised up for us prophets in Babylon;

New English Translation
"You say, ‘The Lord has raised up prophets of good news for us here in Babylon.'

New King James Version
Because you have said, "The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon"--

New Living Translation
You claim that the Lord has raised up prophets for you in Babylon.

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

New Revised Standard
Because you have said, "The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,"—

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because ye have said, - Yahweh hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because you have said: The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon:

Revised Standard Version
"Because you have said, 'The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,' --

Young's Literal Translation
`Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised up to us prophets in Babylon,

THE MESSAGE
"But for right now, because you've taken up with these newfangled prophets who set themselves up as ‘Babylonian specialists,' spreading the word ‘ God sent them just for us!' God is setting the record straight: As for the king still sitting on David's throne and all the people left in Jerusalem who didn't go into exile with you, they're facing bad times. God -of-the-Angel-Armies says, ‘Watch this! Catastrophe is on the way: war, hunger, disease! They're a barrel of rotten apples. I'll rid the country of them through war and hunger and disease. The whole world is going to hold its nose at the smell, shut its eyes at the horrible sight. They'll end up in slum ghettos because they wouldn't listen to a thing I said when I sent my servant-prophets preaching tirelessly and urgently. No, they wouldn't listen to a word I said.'" God 's Decree.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Because you have said, 'The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon'—

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ You feel secure, because you think I have sent prophets to speak for me in Babylonia. ¹⁶But I have been sending prophets to the people of Judah for a long time, and the king from David's family and the people who are left in Jerusalem and Judah still don't obey me. So I, the Lord All-Powerful, will keep attacking them with war and hunger and disease, until they are as useless as rotten figs. I will force them to leave the land, and all nations will be disgusted and shocked at what happens to them. The nations will sneer and make fun of them and use the names "Judah" and "Jerusalem" as curse words. And you have not obeyed me, even though ²⁰ I had you taken from Jerusalem to Babylonia. But you had better listen to me now. ²¹You think Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah are prophets because they claim to speak for me. But they are lying! I haven't told them anything. They are also committing other horrible sins in your community, such as sleeping with the wives of their friends. So I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar, who will put them to death while the rest of you watch. And in the future, when you want to put a curse on someone, you will say, "I pray that the Lord will kill you in the same way the king of Babylonia burned Zedekiah and Ahab to death!"

Bible Verse Review
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Jeremiah 29:8, Jeremiah 29:9, Jeremiah 28:1-17, Ezekiel 1:1, Ezekiel 1:3

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 29:20 - hear

Cross-References

Genesis 31:7
and that he keeps cheating me by changing my wages time after time. But God has protected me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Because ye have said,.... That is, some of them; for here the Lord, by the prophet, turns from the godly among the captives, whom he had been advising, encouraging, and comforting before, to those who gave heed to the false prophets, who promised them a speedy return to their own land, and which they believed; and therefore rejected and despised the prophecies of Jeremiah, and others:

the Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; and therefore stood in no need of other prophets that were in Judea, or in Jerusalem, nor should hearken to them; but believe those that were raised up among themselves, rather than others at a distance; and though these were false prophets, yet, being such that prophesied to them things that were agreeable, they were willing to believe them, and to consider them, and receive them, as prophets sent of God, when they were not.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 29:15. Because ye have said — The Septuagint very properly insert this verse between the twentieth and the twenty-first, and thus the connexion here is not disturbed, and the connexion below completed.