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For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your prophets who are in your midst, and your diviners, deceive you, and you must not listen to your dreams that you are causing them to dream. For they are prophesying falsely[a] to you in my name; I have not sent them,’ declares[b] Yahweh. 10 For thus says Yahweh, ‘As soon as the time has passed,[c] seventy years[d] for Babylon, I will attend to you, and I will fulfill my good word to you, to bring you back to this place.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:9 Literally “in a lie”
  2. Jeremiah 29:9 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Jeremiah 29:10 Literally “When to the mouth of being full”
  4. Jeremiah 29:10 Hebrew “year”

Yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let the prophets(A) and diviners among you deceive(B) you. Do not listen to the dreams(C) you encourage them to have.(D) They are prophesying lies(E) to you in my name. I have not sent(F) them,” declares the Lord.

10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years(G) are completed for Babylon, I will come to you(H) and fulfill my good promise(I) to bring you back(J) to this place.

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