For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
These false prophets deceive you with lies spoken in God's name, yet by the word of truth you may undeceive yourselves if you will. The dreams they offer are dreams you desired, dreams you caused to be dreamed, for you love to be flattered, and when you speak smoothly to your prophets, they speak smoothly back to you. Do not build your hope on their foundation; build instead on what God Himself now gives you.
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Commenting on Jeremiah 29:8-14
I alone know My purposes; the false prophets know nothing of them though they claim to. You have no thoughts of peace, only of evil and misfortune, unable to conceive how deliverance could come. Man's moral sickness is twofold: first vain confidence, then when disappointed, despair. The Jews laughed at My threats expecting swift return, then collapsed into inconsolable despondency.
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God commands the exiles to settle Babylon for the long term: build houses, plant gardens, marry, multiply. Seek the welfare of the city where you are captive and pray for it, because your safety depends on its safety. This is not hope in Chaldean collapse but obedience to His present will. The false prophets who promise quick deliverance speak lies; He has not sent them.
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Commenting on Jeremiah 29:4-14