American Standard Version
"Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; "
— Jeremiah 29:15, American Standard Version
“Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;”
“Because you have said, Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon;”
““You say,‘The LORD has raised up prophets of good news for us here in Babylon.’”
“Because you have said: The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon:”
“For you have said, The Lord has given us prophets in Babylon.”
“Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;”
And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
And I will be found of you, saith Jehovah, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them;