King James Version
Jeremiah 29:15 in the King James Version says “Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;”
Jeremiah 29:15 · KJV
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 the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity , and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
Thus saith the LORD 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 evil.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“hath raised us up”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“in Babylon”
H894babel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire
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