Jeremiah 29:2 (WEB)

Passage

(after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem),

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 29:1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

Jeremiah 29:2 (after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem),

Jeremiah 29:3 by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon). It said:

Jeremiah 29:4 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the captives whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "jeconiah", "king", "queen", "mother", "eunuchs", "princes", and "judah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "jeconiah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Now these are the words of the..." into verse 3's "by the hand of Elasah the son...", so "after" and "jeconiah" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "after" and "jeconiah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.