Textorah

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

And these are the words of the book which Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the false prophets, even an epistle to Babylon for the captivity, and to all the people

after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the officers, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;

(after the departure of Jechoniah the king and the queen, and the eunuchs, and every freeman, and bondman, and artificer, out of Jerusalem);

by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, saying:

by the hand of Elasah son of Shaphan, and Gemariah son of Hilkiah (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Babylon to Babylon), saying,

Thus saith HaShem of hosts, the G-d of Israel, unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem unto Babylon:

Thus said the Lord God of Israel concerning the captivity which I caused to be carried away from Jerusalem;

Build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

Build ye houses, and inhabit [them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruits thereof;

take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

and take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and be multiplied, and be not diminished.

And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto HaShem for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

And seek the peace of the land into which I have carried you captive, and ye shall pray to the Lord for the people: for in its peace ye shall [have] peace.

For thus saith HaShem of hosts, the G-d of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, beguile you, neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

For thus saith the Lord; Let not the false prophets that are among you persuade you, and let not your diviners persuade you, and hearken not to your dreams which ye dream.

For they prophesy falsely unto you in My name; I have not sent them, saith HaShem.

For they prophesy to you unrighteous [words] in my name; and I sent them not.

For thus saith HaShem: After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will remember you, and perform My good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

For thus said the Lord; When seventy years shall be on the point of being accomplished at Babylon, I will visit you, and will confirm my words to you, to bring back your people to this place.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith HaShem, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

And I will devise for you a device of peace, and not evil, to bestow upon you these [good things].

And ye shall call upon Me, and go, and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you.

And do ye pray to me, and I will hearken to you: and do ye earnestly seek me, and ye shall find me;

And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.

for ye shall seek me with your whole heart.

And I will be found of you, saith HaShem, and I will turn your captivity, and gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith HaShem; and I will bring you back unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

And I will appear to you:

For ye have said: 'The HaShem hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.'

whereas ye said, The Lord has appointed for us prophets in Babylon:

For thus saith HaShem concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

thus saith HaShem of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will make them a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them;

because they have not hearkened to My words, saith HaShem, wherewith I sent unto them My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often; but ye would not hear, saith HaShem.

Hear ye therefore the word of HaShem, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

Thus saith HaShem of hosts, the G-d of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie unto you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

Thus saith the Lord concerning Ahab, and concerning Zedekiah; Behold, I [will] deliver them into the hands of the king of Babylon; and he shall smite them in your sight.

and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah that are in Babylon, saying: 'The HaShem make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire';

And they shall make of them a curse in all the captivity of Judah in Babylon, saying, The Lord do to thee as he did to Zedekiah, and as he did to Ahab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire;

because they have wrought vile deeds in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken words in My name falsely, which I commanded them not; but I am He that knoweth, and am witness, saith HaShem.

because of the iniquity which they wrought in Israel, and [because] they committed adultery with the wives of their fellow citizens, and spoke a word in my name, which I did not command them [to speak], and I am witness, saith the Lord.

And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying:

And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt say,

Thus speaketh HaShem of hosts, the G-d of Israel, saying: Because thou hast sent letters in thine own name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying:

I sent thee not in my name: and to Zephaniah the priest the son of Maaseiah say thou,

'The HaShem hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers in the house of HaShem for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the collar.

The Lord has made thee priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, to be ruler in the house of the Lord over every prophet, and to every madman, and thou shalt put them in prison, and into the dungeon.

Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,

And now wherefore have ye reviled together Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesied to you?

forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying: The captivity is long; build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?'

Did he not send for this purpose? for in the course of this month he sent to you to Babylon, saying, It is far off: build ye houses, and inhabit [them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

And Zephaniah read the book in the ears of Jeremiah.

Then came the word of HaShem unto Jeremiah, saying:

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith HaShem concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie;

Send to the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Since Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I sent him not, and he has made you to trust in iniquity,

therefore thus saith HaShem: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do unto My people, saith HaShem; because he hath spoken perversion against HaShem.

therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will visit Shemaiah, and his family: and there shall not be a man of them in the midst of you to see the good which I will do to you: they shall not see [it].