THE EXILE — as a collective noun for the deported community itself, not the condition or the place. Jeremiah's letter is addressed 'to all the golah' (29:4, 20, 31), a body rather than a set of individuals, which matters at 29:11 where every 'you' is plural. English versions usually pluralise it to 'the exiles'; this translation keeps the collective. → first discussed at Jer 29:4