1. A copy of the letter which Jeremiah sent to those led captive to Babylon by the king of the Babylonians, to tell them what God had commanded him:For the sins you committed before God, you are being led captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians.
2. When you reach Babylon you will be there many years, a long time—seven generations; after that I will bring you back from there in peace.
3. And now in Babylon you will see gods of silver and gold and wood, carried shoulder high, to cast fear upon the nations.