Jeremiah 29:16
thus says LORD concerning the king who sits upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who have not gone forth with you into captivity,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15Because ye have said, LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon,
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 24:8And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten they are so bad, surely thus says LORD: So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his rulers, and the residue of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land
Jeremiah 38:2Thus says LORD: He who abides in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.
Ezekiel 6:1And the word of LORD came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 21:9Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says LORD: Say, A sword, a sword. It is sharpened, and also furbished.
Ezekiel 24:1Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, the word of LORD came to me, saying,
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:16-24
The Doom of the False Prophets. ( b. c. 596.) 15 Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; 16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; 17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 18 And I will… Read the whole commentary →