Parallel Verses

Amplified

“Because you [who have remained in Jerusalem] have said, ‘The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,’

New American Standard Bible

“Because you have said, ‘The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon’—

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

You have said, “The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon!”

International Standard Version

"Indeed, you have said, "The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon.'

A Conservative Version

Because ye have said, LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon,

American Standard Version

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

Bible in Basic English

For you have said, The Lord has given us prophets in Babylon.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

For ye said Jehovah raised up to us prophets in Babel

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Because you have said, 'Yahweh has raised up prophets for us [in] Babylon'--

Modern King James verseion

Because you have said, Jehovah has raised us up prophets in Babylon;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"But whereas ye say that God hath raised you up prophets at Babylon:

NET Bible

"You say, 'The Lord has raised up prophets of good news for us here in Babylon.'

New Heart English Bible

"Because you have said, 'The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon';

The Emphasized Bible

Because ye have said, - Yahweh hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The Lord

Usage: 0

hath raised us up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

נביא 
Nabiy' 
Usage: 315

References

Context Readings

Jeremiah's Letter To The Exiles In Babylon

14 I will be found by you,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will restore your fortunes and I will [free you and] gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.’ 15 “Because you [who have remained in Jerusalem] have said, ‘The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,’ 16 thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who live in this city, your brothers (fellow people of Judah) who did not go with you into captivity—


Cross References

Jeremiah 28:1-17

In the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year and the fifth month, the [false] prophet Hananiah the son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon [one of the priests’ cities], spoke [without godly authority] to me in the house of the Lord in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying:

Jeremiah 29:8-9

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your [false] prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you; pay no attention and attach no significance to the dreams which they dream or to yours,

Ezekiel 1:1

Now it came about [when I was] in my thirtieth year [of life], on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles beside the River Chebar [in Babylonia], the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 1:3

the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar; and the hand of the Lord came upon him there.)

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