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28 Because[a] he has sent to us in Babylon, saying,[b] ‘It will be a long time, build houses and live in them,[c] and plant gardens and eat their fruit.’”’” 29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing[d] of Jeremiah the prophet.

Jeremiah’s Response to Shemaiah’s Letter

30 And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:28 Literally “Seeing that unto thus”
  2. Jeremiah 29:28 Literally “to say”
  3. Jeremiah 29:28 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Jeremiah 29:29 Literally “ears”
  5. Jeremiah 29:30 Literally “to say”

28 He has sent this message(A) to us in Babylon: It will be a long time.(B) Therefore build(C) houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.’”

29 Zephaniah(D) the priest, however, read the letter to Jeremiah the prophet. 30 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

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