Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Parallel translations
- WEB Hear therefore Yahweh’s word, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
- KJV Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
- BSB So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
- NASB ‘You, therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all you exiles, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
- NLT Therefore, listen to this message from the Lord, all you captives there in Babylon.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah calls all the exiles to hear the LORD's word, turning now to address them directly. True hearing is what the rebellious lacked.
Overview
After indicting those in Jerusalem, the prophet summons the Babylonian captives to listen. The repeated call to 'hear' contrasts the exiles, who are urged to obey, with the unrepentant in Jerusalem. It sets up the coming word about the false prophets among them.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Jer 24:5“Yahweh, the God of Israel says: ‘Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.
- Mic 4:10Be in pain, and labor to give birth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There Yahweh will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
- Ezek 3:15Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
- Ezek 3:11Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh;’ whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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