Jeremiah 29:15 - Compare All Versions

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You may say, “The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,”

“Because you have said, ‘The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,’

You claim that the LORD has raised up prophets for you in Babylon.

You have said, “The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon! ”

Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon

Because you have said, “The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon”

“But for right now, because you’ve taken up with these new-fangled 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.

“Because you have said, ‘The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon’

“Because you [who have remained in Jerusalem] have said, ‘The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,’

“You say, ‘The LORD has raised up prophets of good news for us here in Babylon.’