Jeremiah 29:15-17

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁵ You have said, “The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon!” ¹⁶ But this is what the Lord says concerning the king sitting on David’s throne and concerning all the people living in this city—that is, concerning your brothers who did not go with you into exile. ¹⁷ This is what the Lord of Hosts says: “I am about to send against them sword, famine, and plague^(A) and will make them like rotten figs that are inedible because they are so bad.