False prophets, John 1, and prospering in exile

Dan notes the verses before Jeremiah 29:11 warn against false prophets, and Boova recounts Jeremiah confronting the prophet who promised a short exile and died (misnaming Hananiah as "Shemaiah"), adding "I'll give you Jeremiah 29:11 if you take the rest of Jeremiah," including chapter 30's turn and the soiled loincloth of Jeremiah 13. Gabe reads the Old Testament through John 1, seeing Jesus in the exiles' hope, and through 1 Peter 2:11: believers are sojourners and exiles whose promised city is fulfilled at Jesus's return. Boova cautions that without grounding, word-linking "exile" across passages steers people wrong. Mike says God defines "prosper": Paul got beaten across eighteen cities so Gentiles could hear the gospel, and hope looks different in America than at the slave brickyards in Pakistan. Gabe adds that telling Ezekiel "I have a plan to prosper you" before the dung-baked bread would have deepened the disappointment: God's plan is bigger than ours.