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Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 29:20

`And ye, hear ye a word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity that I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon,

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;
Good News Translation
All of you whom I sent into exile in Babylonia, listen to what I, the Lord , say.'
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:
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 `Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised up to us prophets in Babylon, 16 Surely thus said Jehovah concerning the king who is sitting on the throne of David, and concerning all the people that is dwelling in this city, your brethren who went not forth with you in the removal; 17 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Lo, I am sending among them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I have given them up as figs that [are] vile, that are not eaten for badness. 18 And I have pursued after them with sword, with famine, and with pestilence, and have given them for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth, for a curse and for an astonishment, and for a hissing, and for a reproach among all the nations whither I have driven them, 19 Because that they have not hearkened unto My words -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- that I sent unto them by My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye hearkened not -- an affirmation of Jehovah. 20 `And ye, hear ye a word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity that I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon, 21 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you in My name falsehood: Lo, I am giving them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he hath smitten them before your eyes, 22 And taken from them hath been a reviling by all the removed of Judah that [are] in Babylon, saying, Jehovah doth set thee as Zedekiah, and as Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted with fire; 23 Because that they have done folly in Israel, and commit adultery with the wives of their neighbours, and speak a word in My name falsely that I have not commanded them, and I [am] He who knoweth and a witness -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

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
and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after [the death of] his mother.
Genesis 29:6
And he saith to them, `Hath he peace?' and they say, `Peace; and lo, Rachel his daughter is coming with the flock.'
Genesis 29:7
And he saith, `Lo, the day [is] still great, [it is] not time for the cattle to be gathered; water ye the flock, and go, delight yourselves.'
Genesis 30:26
give up my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I go; for thou -- thou hast known my service which I have served thee.'
Hosea 12:12
And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
1 Corinthians 13:7
all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.
2 Corinthians 5:14
for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,
Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

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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