Jeremiah 29:1-2

Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah's Letter to the People of Judah in Babylonia

29 ^1-2 (A) I had been left in Jerusalem when King Nebuchadnezzar^[a] took many of the people of Jerusalem and Judah to Babylonia as prisoners, including King Jehoiachin,^[b] his mother, his officials, and the metal workers and others in Jerusalem who were skilled in making things. So I wrote a letter to the priests, the prophets, the leaders, and the rest of our people in Babylonia.