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For I have not sent them," declares Yahweh, "but they are prophesying in my name falsely, so that I will drive them away. And you will perish—you and the prophets who are prophesying to you."

Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, "Thus says Yahweh, ‘You must not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, "Look, the vessels of the house of Yahweh are about to be quickly brought back from Babylon", for they are prophesying a lie to you.

For thus says Yahweh of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the stands, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Yahweh, and in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:

And Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, I will bring back to this place,' declares Yahweh, ‘For I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.'"

For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, to serve Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and they will serve him, and I have even given the animals of the open field to him."'"

Take wives and father sons and daughters, and take for your sons wives, and give your daughters to men that they may bear sons and daughters, and multiply there, and you must not be few.

And seek the prosperity of the city where I have deported you, and pray on behalf of it to Yahweh, for in its prosperity you will have prosperity.'

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 to you in my name; I have not sent them,' declares Yahweh.

For thus says Yahweh, ‘As soon as the time has passed, seventy years for Babylon, I will attend to you, and I will fulfill my good word to you, to bring you back to this place.

For I know the plans that I am planning concerning you,' declares Yahweh, ‘plans for prosperity and not for harm, to give to you a future and a hope.

When you search for me, then you will find me, if you seek me with all your heart.

Because you have said, ‘Yahweh has raised up prophets for us in Babylon'—

for thus says Yahweh concerning the king who sits on the throne of David and concerning all the people who live in this city, your fellow kinsmen who did not go with you into the exile—

and so then why have you not rebuked Jeremiah the Anathothite who exhibits the behavior of a prophet for you?

therefore thus says Yahweh, "Look, I am going to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his offspring. There will not be for him a man who lives in the midst of this people, and he will not see the good that I am going to do to my people," declares Yahweh, "For he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh."'"

"Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Write for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you in a scroll.

For look, days are coming,' declares Yahweh, ‘when I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel and Judah,' says Yahweh, ‘and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors and they will take possession of it.'"

"For thus says Yahweh: ‘We have heard a sound of trembling, terror, and there is no peace.