through ‘building and planting’ in the foreign country (v. 5) will there be a new beginning and God’s promises fulfilled, as we read in verses 10–14 and in a more expanded version in Jeremiah 30–33. Context The theme of false prophecy continues. Jeremiah 29 is linked to the following chapters 30–33 in its message of hope and return after the judgment of the exile. The prophet Jeremiah writes a letter to those exiled in 597, in itself a sign that God has not forgotten them. The