Jeremiah 29

קרא את הפרק הזה בכוונה

Jeremiah 29 is a letter from the prophet in Jerusalem to the Jews already deported to Babylon. Against prophets promising a quick return, Jeremiah tells the exiles to build houses, plant gardens, marry, raise families, and seek the welfare of the city that holds them captive, because the exile will last seventy years. Then comes the verse the world knows, "I know the plans I have for you," followed by the promise that those who seek God with all their heart will find him and be brought home. The rest of the letter pronounces judgment on the false prophets in Babylon and on Shemaiah, who wrote back demanding that Jeremiah be put in stocks.

פתח פירוש פרק

Jeremiah 29 is a letter, and it is worth reading as one. The prophet in Jerusalem writes to the elders, priests, prophets, and people already carried off to Babylon, people who had lost everything and were being told by popular preachers that they would be home in two years. Jeremiah tells them the truth. Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry, have children, see your children married. Seek the welfare of Babylon, and pray for it, because your welfare is tied to its welfare. The exile will last seventy years. Only then does the letter reach the verse printed on a million cards: I know the plans I have for you, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future and a hope. In its place, the verse is not a promise of a short exile but a promise inside a long one, and it is followed by the letter's real invitation: you will call on me and I will listen, you will seek me and find me when you search with all your heart. The rest of the chapter shows what the letter cost. Prophets in Babylon who preached lies would be executed; a man named Shemaiah wrote back to Jerusalem demanding that Jeremiah be put in stocks for saying the exile would be long, and Jeremiah's reply is the last word of the chapter. The comfortable message was the false one. The hard message was the one with the future in it.

קטעי מפתח

Jeremiah 29:4-7 Jeremiah 29:10-14 Jeremiah 29:24-32 Jeremiah 28:1-4 Daniel 9:2

Historical and literary context

The letter follows the deportation of 597 BC, when King Jeconiah, the queen mother, officials, and craftsmen were carried to Babylon. A decade of Judah's existence remained before the final destruction in 586. Prophets on both sides of the exile were promising that Babylon's power would soon break; chapter 28 records Hananiah announcing a return within two years. Jeremiah's letter, carried by royal envoys, contradicts them with a timeline of seventy years and a theology of exile as God's own doing, to be lived in rather than escaped.

How the chapter unfolds

Verses 1 to 3 describe the letter, its recipients, and its carriers. Verses 4 to 9 give the instructions: settle, build, plant, marry, multiply, seek the city's welfare, and ignore the prophets and diviners. Verses 10 to 14 give the promise: after seventy years God will restore them, he knows his plans for their welfare, and they will seek and find him. Verses 15 to 19 warn that those left in Jerusalem, whom the exiles might envy, face sword, famine, and plague. Verses 20 to 23 condemn the prophets Ahab and Zedekiah for lies and adultery. Verses 24 to 32 record Shemaiah's letter demanding Jeremiah's punishment and God's sentence on Shemaiah.

Why this chapter matters

Jeremiah 29 gave the people of God a way to live faithfully in a place they did not choose, which is why it has been read by every displaced and minority community since. "Seek the prosperity of the city" became a charter for engagement with the surrounding culture rather than withdrawal from it. Verse 11 is one of the most quoted verses in the Bible, and its context, seventy years of exile, is what gives it its weight: it is a promise spoken into a hard season, not a promise that the season will be short. Verse 13, "You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart," is the letter's spiritual center.

Interpretive tension to watch

Verse 11 is addressed to a community in the plural and promises restoration to their grandchildren's generation. Applying it to individuals today requires care: the character of God it reveals carries over, the specific promise of return does not. The chapter also raises the question of how to tell true prophets from false ones when both speak in God's name; Jeremiah's answer is that the true word is the one that came to pass, and that the comfortable word is not always the true one.

שאלות לפרק הזה

The exiles are told to pray for the city that captured them. What would it mean to seek the welfare of a place you did not choose and cannot leave?
Verse 11 is usually quoted alone. How does reading verses 4 to 14 together change what it promises?
Shemaiah wanted Jeremiah punished for saying the exile would be long. Why is a hard true word harder to accept than a comforting false one?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

הוספה להערות

1 先知耶利米从耶路撒冷寄信与被掳的祭司、先知，和众民，并生存的长老，就是尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷掳到巴比伦去的。（ 2 这在耶哥尼雅王和太后、太监，并犹大、耶路撒冷的首领，以及工匠、铁匠都离了耶路撒冷以后。） 3 他借沙番的儿子以利亚萨和希勒家的儿子基玛利的手寄去。他们二人是犹大王西底家打发往巴比伦去见尼布甲尼撒王的。 4 信上说：「万军之耶和华—以色列的　神对一切被掳去的（就是我使他们从耶路撒冷被掳到巴比伦的人）如此说： 5 你们要盖造房屋，住在其中；栽种田园，吃其中所产的； 6 娶妻生儿女，为你们的儿子娶妻，使你们的女儿嫁人，生儿养女。在那里生养众多，不致减少。 7 我所使你们被掳到的那城，你们要为那城求平安，为那城祷告耶和华；因为那城得平安，你们也随着得平安。 8 万军之耶和华—以色列的　神如此说：不要被你们中间的先知和占卜的诱惑，也不要听信自己所做的梦； 9 因为他们托我的名对你们说假预言，我并没有差遣他们。这是耶和华说的。 10 「耶和华如此说：为巴比伦所定的七十年满了以后，我要眷顾你们，向你们成就我的恩言，使你们仍回此地。 11 耶和华说：我知道我向你们所怀的意念是赐平安的意念，不是降灾祸的意念，要叫你们末后有指望。 12 你们要呼求我，祷告我，我就应允你们。 13 你们寻求我，若专心寻求我，就必寻见。 14 耶和华说：我必被你们寻见，我也必使你们被掳的人归回，将你们从各国中和我所赶你们到的各处招聚了来，又将你们带回我使你们被掳掠离开的地方。这是耶和华说的。 15 「你们说：『耶和华在巴比伦为我们兴起先知』； 16 所以耶和华论到坐大卫宝座的王和住在这城里的一切百姓，就是未曾与你们一同被掳的弟兄， 17 万军之耶和华如此说：『看哪，我必使刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫临到他们，使他们像极坏的无花果，坏得不可吃。 18 我必用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫追赶他们，使他们在天下万国抛来抛去，在我所赶他们到的各国中，令人咒诅、惊骇、嗤笑、羞辱。 19 耶和华说：这是因为他们没有听从我的话，就是我从早起来差遣我仆人众先知去说的，无奈他们不听。这是耶和华说的。 20 所以你们一切被掳去的，就是我从耶路撒冷打发到巴比伦去的，当听耶和华的话。』」 21 万军之耶和华—以色列的　神论到哥赖雅的儿子亚哈，并玛西雅的儿子西底家，如此说：「他们是托我名向你们说假预言的，我必将他们交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中；他要在你们眼前杀害他们。 22 住巴比伦一切被掳的犹大人必借这二人赌咒说：『愿耶和华使你像巴比伦王在火中烧的西底家和亚哈一样。』 23 这二人是在以色列中行了丑事，与邻舍的妻行淫，又假托我名说我未曾吩咐他们的话。知道的是我，作见证的也是我。这是耶和华说的。」 24 「论到尼希兰人示玛雅，你当说， 25 万军之耶和华—以色列的　神如此说：你曾用自己的名寄信给耶路撒冷的众民和祭司玛西雅的儿子西番雅，并众祭司，说： 26 『耶和华已经立你西番雅为祭司，代替祭司耶何耶大，使耶和华殿中有官长，好将一切狂妄自称为先知的人用枷枷住，用锁锁住。 27 现在亚拿突人耶利米向你们自称为先知，你们为何没有责备他呢？ 28 因为他寄信给我们在巴比伦的人说：[被掳的事]必长久。你们要盖造房屋，住在其中；栽种田园，吃其中所产的。』」 29 祭司西番雅就把这信念给先知耶利米听。 30 于是耶和华的话临到耶利米说： 31 「你当寄信给一切被掳的人说：『耶和华论到尼希兰人示玛雅说：因为示玛雅向你们说预言，我并没有差遣他，他使你们倚靠谎言； 32 所以耶和华如此说：我必刑罚尼希兰人示玛雅和他的后裔，他必无一人存留住在这民中，也不得见我所要赐与我百姓的福乐，因为他向耶和华说了叛逆的话。这是耶和华说的。』」

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