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Good News Translation

Jeremiah 29:20

All of you whom I sent into exile in Babylonia, listen to what I, the Lord , say.'

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Canon of the Old Testament;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Apocrypha;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Zedekiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Hear the word of the Lord, all you exiles I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Hebrew Names Version
Hear you therefore the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Yerushalayim to Bavel.
King James Version
Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord , all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
English Standard Version
Hear the word of the Lord , all you exiles whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
New American Standard Bible
'You, therefore, hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
New Century Version
You captives, whom I forced to leave Jerusalem and go to Babylon, listen to the message from the Lord .
Amplified Bible
"Hear, therefore, the word of the LORD, all you exiles whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
World English Bible
Hear you therefore the word of Yahweh, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Heare ye therefore the word of the Lord all ye of the captiuitie, whome I haue sent from Ierusalem to Babel.
Legacy Standard Bible
You, therefore, hear the word of Yahweh, all you exiles, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Berean Standard Bible
So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Contemporary English Version
I had you taken from Jerusalem to Babylonia. But you had better listen to me now.
Complete Jewish Bible
"So pay attention now to the word of Adonai , all of you in exile, whom I sent away from Yerushalayim to Bavel.
Darby Translation
But ye, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon, hear the word of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
"You people are captives. I forced you to leave Jerusalem and go to Babylon. So listen to the message from the Lord ."
George Lamsa Translation
Hear therefore the word of the LORD, all you exiles who were carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
Lexham English Bible
And you, hear the word of Yahweh, all you exiles whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Literal Translation
And now you hear the Word of Jehovah, all you exiles whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare therfore the worde of the LORDE, all ye presoners, whom I sent from Ierusale vnto Babilon:
American Standard Version
Hear ye therefore the word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Bible in Basic English
And now, give ear to the word of the Lord, all you whom I have sent away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
King James Version (1611)
Heare yee therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captiuitie, whom I haue sent from Ierusalem to Babylon.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heare therfore the worde of the Lord all ye prisoners whom I sent from Hierusalem to Babylon.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he has framed against Idumea; and his device, which he has devised against the inhabitants of Thaeman: surely the least of the sheep shall be swept off; surely their dwelling shall be made desolate for them.
English Revised Version
Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor al the passyng ouer, which Y sente out fro Jerusalem in to Babiloyne, here ye the word of the Lord.
Update Bible Version
Hear therefore the word of Yahweh, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Webster's Bible Translation
Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
New English Translation
‘So pay attention to what I, the Lord , have said, all you exiles whom I have sent to Babylon from Jerusalem.'
New King James Version
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
New Living Translation
Therefore, listen to this message from the Lord , all you captives there in Babylon.
New Life Bible
So hear the Word of the Lord, all you people who have been sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
New Revised Standard
But now, all you exiles whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon, hear the word of the Lord :
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ye, therefore, hear ye the word of Yahweh, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent out from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Revised Standard Version
Hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
Young's Literal Translation
`And ye, hear ye a word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity that I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon,
THE MESSAGE
"And you—you exiles whom I sent out of Jerusalem to Babylon—listen to God 's Message to you. As far as Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah are concerned, the ‘Babylonian specialists' who are preaching lies in my name, I will turn them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will kill them while you watch. The exiles from Judah will take what they see at the execution and use it as a curse: ‘ God fry you to a crisp like the king of Babylon fried Zedekiah and Ahab in the fire!' Those two men, sex predators and prophet-impostors, got what they deserved. They pulled every woman they got their hands on into bed—their neighbors' wives, no less—and preached lies claiming it was my Message. I never sent those men. I've never had anything to do with them." God 's Decree. "They won't get away with a thing. I've witnessed it all."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You, therefore, hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Contextual Overview

15 "You say that the Lord has given you prophets in Babylonia. 16 Listen to what the Lord says about the king who rules the kingdom that David ruled and about the people of this city, that is, your relatives who were not taken away as prisoners with you. 17 The Lord Almighty says, ‘I am bringing war, starvation, and disease on them, and I will make them like figs that are too rotten to be eaten. 18 I will pursue them with war, starvation, and disease, and all the nations of the world will be horrified at what they see. Everywhere I scatter them, people will be shocked and terrified at what has happened to them. People will make fun of them and use their name as a curse. 19 This will happen to them because they did not obey the message that I kept on sending to them through my servants the prophets. They refused to listen. 20 All of you whom I sent into exile in Babylonia, listen to what I, the Lord , say.' 21 "The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, has spoken about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are telling you lies in his name. He has said that he will hand them over to the power of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, who will put them to death before your eyes. 22 When the people who were taken away as prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylonia want to bring a curse on someone, they will say, ‘May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylonia roasted alive!' 23 This will be their fate because they are guilty of terrible sins—they have committed adultery and have told lies in the Lord 's name. This was against the Lord 's will; he knows what they have done, and he is a witness against them. The Lord has spoken."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hear: Dr. Blayney thinks there were two letters written by the prophet to the captives in Babylon, and the first ends with this verse. That having heard, on the return of the embassy, that the captives had received his advice favourably, and because they were deceived by false prophets, who promised them a speedier deliverance, he therefore wrote a second letter, beginning with the Jeremiah 29:15, and going on with the twenty-first, etc. - in which order these verses are read in the Septuagint in which he denounces God's judgments on the three chief of those, Ahab, Zedekiah, and Shemaiah.

all ye: Ezekiel 3:11, Ezekiel 3:15

whom: Jeremiah 24:5, Micah 4:10

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:19 - Hear thou Jeremiah 14:15 - Sword and famine shall not Jeremiah 22:2 - Hear Jeremiah 29:31 - Send Ezekiel 13:2 - Hear Malachi 2:9 - before

Cross-References

Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought Rebecca into the tent that his mother Sarah had lived in, and she became his wife. Isaac loved Rebecca, and so he was comforted for the loss of his mother.
Genesis 29:6
"Is he well?" he asked. "He is well," they answered. "Look, here comes his daughter Rachel with his flock."
Genesis 29:7
Jacob said, "Since it is still broad daylight and not yet time to bring the flocks in, why don't you water them and take them back to pasture?"
Genesis 30:26
Give me my wives and children that I have earned by working for you, and I will leave. You know how well I have served you."
Hosea 12:12
Our ancestor Jacob had to flee to Mesopotamia, where, in order to get a wife, he worked for another man and took care of his sheep.
1 Corinthians 13:7
Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail.
2 Corinthians 5:14
We are ruled by the love of Christ, now that we recognize that one man died for everyone, which means that they all share in his death.
Ephesians 5:2
Your life must be controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord,.... What he was now about to say concerning their false prophets:

all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon; all that were carried captive along with Jeconiah. Some parts of this letter are directed to one sort of the captives, and others to another sort of them; some being good men, some bad; but what follows all are called upon to observe, good and bad; it being a prediction of a certain event, which they would see fulfilled in a short time; and therefore might be of service of them; to the godly, for the confirmation of them in the belief of what the Lord had promised; and to the rest, to make them stop giving heed to false prophets, that should here after arise.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These verses are not in the Septuagint. But the text of the Septuagint is here throughout so brief and confused as to be explicable only on the supposition, that it represents what was left behind in Egypt when Jeremiah died, copied probably with extreme haste, and with no opportunity of careful collation afterward. On the other hand the Hebrew text represents no hurried transcript, but the original manuscript, and is especially trustworthy in the case of these letters sent to Babylon (see also Jeremiah 51:0), because the originals of them would be available for collation with the text preserved by Jeremiah himself. The verses were probably intended to allay excitement in Babylon consequent upon the knowledge that the representatives of various kings were assembled at that very time at Jerusalem to form a coalition against Babylon Jeremiah 27:3.

Jeremiah 29:17

Vile - The word does not occur elsewhere, but comes from a root signifying to shudder, and thus has an intense meaning.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 29:20. Hear ye therefore the word — Dr. Blayney thinks there were two letters written by the prophet to the captives in Babylon, and that the first ends with this verse. That having heard, on the return of the embassy (Elasah and Gemariah, whom Zedekiah had sent to Babylon, and to whom the prophet entrusted the above letter, Jeremiah 29:3,) that the captives had not received his advises favourably, because they were deceived by false prophets among them, who promised them a speedier deliverance, he therefore wrote a second letter, beginning with the fifteenth verse, and going on with the twenty-first, &c., in which he denounces God's judgments on three of the chief of those, Ahab, Zedekiah, and Shemaiah.


 
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