Jeremiah 29:15 KJV — MannaFest

Jeremiah 29:15

Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

KJV

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ASV

Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

WEB

Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”

YLT

`Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised up to us prophets in Babylon,

DBT

If ye say, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

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Jeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.

Author: Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
Date: Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile

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Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Jeremiah 29:8–9
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
Jeremiah 28:1–17
And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
Ezekiel 1:3
The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Whereas we may be sure that those who harden people in their sins, and deceive them with false and groundless hopes of God's mercy, are no prophets of God's raising up.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He prophesies the destruction of two of their false prophets that they had in Babylon, that both soothed them up in their sins and set them bad examples (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H894262× in canon H5030314× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JER 29:15EZE 1:1 REV 19:11
JER 29:15EZE 1:1 EZE 11:24
JER 29:15EZE 1:1 ACT 7:56
JER 29:15EZE 1:1 MAT 3:16
JER 29:15EZE 1:1 EZE 10:15
JER 29:15EZE 1:3 EZE 3:14
JER 29:15EZE 1:3 EZE 3:22
JER 29:15EZE 1:3 1KI 18:46

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