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Rh unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, saying:

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

Build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 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 seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto the for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

For thus saith the of hosts, the God 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 they prophesy falsely unto you in My name; I have not sent them, saith the.

For thus saith the : 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 I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. And ye shall call upon Me, and go, and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the, and I will turn your captivity, and gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the ; and I will bring you back unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. For ye have said: 'The hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.' For thus saith the  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 the  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 the, wherewith I sent unto them My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often; but ye would not hear, saith the. Hear ye therefore the word of the, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon: Thus saith the of hosts, the God 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; and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah that are in Babylon, saying: 'The  make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire'; because they have wrought vile deeds in