Jeremiah 29:16
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; 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;
Jeremiah 29:16 stands within Jeremiah's letters and records dealing with the Babylonian captivity. It belongs to the setting of controversy between true and false prophets over the fate of Jerusalem and the exiles. It is tied to the promise of return held out to those carried away. The prophecies connected with it made clear that Jerusalem would lie desolate for seventy years and that the captives would then return.