Jeremiah 29:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:”

Jeremiah 29:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 29:20 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 29:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Hear therefore Yahweh’s word, all you captives whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.”

Jeremiah 29:20 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 29:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Hear ye therefore the word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. ”

Jeremiah 29:20 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 29:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`And ye, hear ye a word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity that I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon,”

Jeremiah 29:20 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 29:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“But ye, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon, hear the word of Jehovah. ”

Jeremiah 29:20 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 29:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Heare ye therefore the word of the Lord all ye of the captiuitie, whome I haue sent from Ierusalem to Babel.”

Jeremiah 29:20 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 29:20 in Context — Jeremiah 29

18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:

19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.

20 Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:

21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which 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;

22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

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What Does Jeremiah 29:20 Mean?

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