15You may say, "The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,"


In Context

12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

14 I will be found by you," declares the Lord , "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the Lord , "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile."

15 You may say, "The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,"

16 but this is what the Lord says about the king who sits on David's throne and all the people who remain in this city, your countrymen who did not go with you into exile-

17 yes, this is what the Lord Almighty says: "I will send the sword, famine and plague against them and I will make them like poor figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.

Jeremiah 29:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:15Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:15Because you have said: The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:15Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15If ye say, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:15For ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised up for us prophets in Babylon;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15Because you have said, Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15'Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised up to us prophets in Babylon,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:15Because you have said, The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon;