Jehoiachin never returned from Babylon, nor did his … Jeremiah 29 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles in Babylon. 2 This was after King Jeconiah, and the queen mother, the court officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the artisans, … 2 This was after King Jeconiah, and the queen mother, the court officials, … … Jeremiah 29:1 This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders among the exiles, the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Jeremiah was one of the prophets during the time leading up to the fall of Jerusalem and the exile, and Ezekiel and Daniel were written while the Jews were in exile. Yet in the end, Jeremiah was correct, passing the test of a true prophet given in Deut 13:1-5 and vindicating the judgment of the people and officials in Jer 26:11. They also cover the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar and the beginning of the Babylonian captivity. Some of the Judahites took him prisoner when they were attempting to avoid going to Babylon as Jeremiah had directed. presents Israel’s true hope for the future in contrast to the empty promises offered by the false prophets. The History of the Captivity in Babylon is a pseudepigraphical text of the Old Testament that supposedly provides omitted details concerning the prophet Jeremiah.It is preserved in Coptic, Arabic, and Garshuni manuscripts. Settled down in Babylon (Jeremiah 29:5-6) Praying for Babylon (Jeremiah 29:7) Beware of the false prophecy ( (Jeremiah 29:8-9) Captivity for 70 years ( (Jeremiah 29:10) God’s plan for the exiles (Jeremiah 29:11) Response from the Exiles . 29 These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Jeremiah 29:1 "Now these [are] the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom … Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles in Babylon. The year of this proclamation marked the end of the 70-year captivity of the Jews predicted by God through Jeremiah. Verses 1-14: Jeremiah’s “letter” to the exiles taken away to Babylon in 597 B.C. For the exiles, none of Jeremiah’s message was good news; They did not understand why they were put into exile; They lost their homes, the temple and all … He lived to see the fall of the Babylonian Empire and the sudden rise of the Medo-Persian Empire with its first ruler, Cyrus. 29 These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. It was most likely originally written in Greek sometime between 70 and 132 CE by a Jewish author and then subsequently reworked into a second, Christian edition in the form of 4 Baruch.It is no. They were brought to live in a strange land with strange customs and language. This passage tells us that Daniel lived in Babylon throughout the entire 70 years of the Jewish captivity. These were sad people who had lost everything; their homes, freedom and in many cases were separated from their families. Jeremiah's instructions to these exiles seem pertinent to God's people … Eventually, Jeremiah also went into exile, but in Egypt not Babylon. After Jeremiah's prophecy began to be fulfilled by the first deportation into slavery, Jeremiah wrote a letter to those serving in Babylon.