Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
Jeremiah 29:15 stands within a written exchange between Jeremiah and the Hebrews held captive in Babylon. That correspondence unfolded amid an open conflict over prophetic claims, with true prophets set against false prophets. The statement about the Lord raising up prophets in Babylon belongs to that controversy over whom the captives should believe.
Jeremiah 29:15 stands within a written exchange between Jeremiah and the Hebrews held captive in Babylon. That correspondence unfolded amid an open conflict over prophetic claims, with true prophets set against false prophets. The statement about the Lord raising up prophets in Babylon belongs to that controversy over whom the captives should believe.