Jeremiah 29:15-17

New International Reader's Version

¹⁵ You might say, “The Lord has given us prophets in Babylon.” ¹⁶ But here is what the Lord says about the king who now sits on David’s throne. He also says it about all the people who remain in this city. And he says it about all those who did not go with you to Babylon. ¹⁷ The Lord who rules over all says, “I will send war, hunger and plague against them. I will make them like bad figs. They are so bad they can’t be eaten.