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Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles

29:1The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem1 to Babylon. It was addressed to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the other people who were exiled in Babylon.2

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  1. 1 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
  2. 2 Jer 29:1–3 are all one long sentence in Hebrew containing a parenthetical insertion. The text reads “These are the words of the letter which the prophet Jeremiah sent to the elders … people whom Nebuchadnezzar had exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon after King Jeconiah … had gone from Jerusalem by the hand of Elasah … whom Zedekiah sent … saying, ‘Thus says the Lord …’ ” The sentence has been broken up for the sake of contemporary English style and clarity.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining exiled elders, the priests, the prophets, and all the people Nebuchadnezzar had deported from Jerusalem to Babylon.

NLTNew Living Translation

Jeremiah wrote a letter from Jerusalem to the elders, priests, prophets, and all the people who had been exiled to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remainder of the exiles, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had deported from Jerusalem to Babylon,

KJV 1900King James Version

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