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28 For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon. He wrote and told us,[a] ‘You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.’”’”[b]

29 Zephaniah the priest read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah.[c] 30 Then the Lord’s message came to Jeremiah:

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:28 tn Heb “For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying….” The quote, however, is part of the earlier letter.
  2. Jeremiah 29:28 sn See v. 5.
  3. Jeremiah 29:29 tn Heb “in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.”