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But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, fortune-tellers, or sorcerers who say to you, ‘Don't serve the king of Babylon!'

for they prophesy a lie to you so that you will be removed from your land. I will banish you, and you will perish.

But as for the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave it in its own land, and that nation will cultivate it and reside in it." This is the Lord 's declaration.

Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are telling you, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,' for they are prophesying a lie to you.

For this is what the Lord of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the water carts, and the rest of the articles that still remain in this city,

And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon'—this is the Lord 's declaration—‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.'"

As for the prophet who prophesies peace—only when the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the Lord has truly sent."

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have put an iron yoke on the neck of all these nations that they might serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have also put the wild animals under him.'"

Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters to men in marriage so that they may bear sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.

Seek the welfare of the city I have deported you to. Pray to the Lord on its behalf, for when it has prosperity, you will prosper."

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: "Don't let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you, and don't listen to the dreams you elicit from them,

for they are prophesying falsely to you in My name. I have not sent them." This is the Lord 's declaration.

For this is what the Lord says: "When 70 years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and will confirm My promise concerning you to restore you to this place.

For I know the plans I have for you"—this is the Lord 's declaration—"plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

You have said, "The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon!"

‘The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest to be the chief officer in the temple of the Lord , responsible for every madman who acts like a prophet. You must confine him in the stocks and an iron collar.

For he has sent word to us in Babylon, claiming, "The exile will be long. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce."'"

this is what the Lord says: I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. There will not be even one of his descendants living among these people, nor will any ever see the good that I will bring to My people"—this is the Lord 's declaration—"for he has preached rebellion against the Lord ."

for the days are certainly coming"—this is the Lord 's declaration—"when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah"—the Lord 's declaration. "I will restore them to the land I gave to their ancestors and they will possess it."