Jeremiah 29:16
For thus says the Lord, to the king who sits upon the throne of David, and to all the people who live in this city, to your brothers who have not departed with you in the transmigration:
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In The King James Version
In Context
15For you have said: ‘The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon.’
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 24:8And just like the very bad figs, which cannot be eaten because they are so bad, thus says the Lord: so will I regard Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his leaders, and the rest of Jerusalem, those who have remained in this city, and those who are living in the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 38:2“Thus says the Lord: Whoever will remain in this city will die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence. But whoever will flee away from the Chaldeans, will live, and his soul will dwell in safety.
Ezekiel 6:1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Ezekiel 21:9“Son of man, prophesy, and you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: Speak: The sword! The sword has been sharpened and polished!
Ezekiel 24:1And the word of the Lord came to me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, 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 →