Jeremiah 29 · Verse 15

Jeremiah 29:15

Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
Jeremiah 29:15, King James Version

Jeremiah 29:15 in other translations

BSBBecause you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”
WEBBecause you have said, “The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon,”
ASVBecause ye have said, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
YLT‘Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised up to us prophets in Babylon,
DARBYIf ye say, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
BBEFor you have said, The Lord has given us prophets in Babylon.
WebsterBecause ye have said, The LORD hath raised up for us prophets in Babylon;

What does Jeremiah 29:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. Because--referring not to the preceding words, but to Jr 29:10, 11, "Jehovah saith this to you" (that is, the prophecy of the continuance of the captivity seventy years), "because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon," namely, foretelling our speedy deliverance (this their prophecy is supposed, not expressed; accordingly, Jr 29:16-19 contradict this false hope again, Jr 29:8, 9, 21). He, in this fifteenth verse, turns his address from the godly (Jr 29:12-14) to the ungodly listeners, to false prophets.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Because ye have said - The Septuagint very properly insert this verse between the twentieth and the twenty-first, and thus the connection here is not disturbed, and the connection below completed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 29:8-19

Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in their sins, because they love to be flattered; and they speak smoothly to their prophets, that their prophets may speak smoothly to them. God promises that they should return after seventy years were accomplished. By this it…

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Jeremiah 29:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֖יkiforH3588
אֲמַרְתֶּ֑ם'a.mar.Temyou have saidH559
הֵקִ֨יםhe.Kimhe has raised upH6965
לָ֧נוּLa.nufor <the> us
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
נְבִאִ֖יםne.vi.'ImprophetsH5030
בָּבֶֽלָה\׃\ \סba.Ve.lahBabylon <towards>H894

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Cross references for Jeremiah 29:15

  • Ezekiel 1:1

    Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

  • Ezekiel 1:3

    The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.

  • Jeremiah 28:1-17

    And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. …

  • Jeremiah 29:8-9

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8,9; 28:1-17; Eze 1:1,3

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Context

  • Jeremiah 29:14

    And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

  • Jeremiah 29:15

    Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

  • Jeremiah 29:16

    Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

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Jeremiah 29:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas habéis dicho: Jehová nos ha suscitado profetas en Babilonia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Si vous dites: L’ Éternel nous a suscité des prophètes à Babylone!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn ihr saget: Jehova hat uns in Babel Propheten erweckt,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quia dixistis: Suscitavit nobis Dominus prophetas in Babylone: