Pursue the well-being[a] of the city I have deported you to. Pray to the Lord on its behalf,(A) for when it thrives, you will thrive.”

For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you(B) and your diviners deceive you,(C) 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.”(D) This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

  1. 29:7 Or peace

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