New Living Translation (NLT)
Jeremiah 29
29 But when Zephaniah the priest received Shemaiah’s letter, he took it to Jeremiah and read it to him.
30 Then the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah:
31 “Send an open letter to all the exiles in Babylon. Tell them, ‘This is what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Since he has prophesied to you when I did not send him and has tricked you into believing his lies,
32 I will punish him and his family. None of his descendants will see the good things I will do for my people, for he has incited you to rebel against me. I, the LORD, have spoken!’”
Jeremiah 30
1 The LORD gave another message to Jeremiah. He said,
2 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Write down for the record everything I have said to you, Jeremiah.
3 For the time is coming when I will restore the fortunes of my people of Israel and Judah. I will bring them home to this land that I gave to their ancestors, and they will possess it again. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
4 This is the message the LORD gave concerning Israel and Judah.
5 This is what the LORD says: “I hear cries of fear; there is terror and no peace.
6 Now let me ask you a question: Do men give birth to babies? Then why do they stand there, ashen-faced, hands pressed against their sides like a woman in labor?
7 In all history there has never been such a time of terror. It will be a time of trouble for my people Israel. Yet in the end they will be saved!
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