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Jeremiah 29

Jeremiah 29:5

Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles · Jeremiah 29:1–23
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Translations

Modern
“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
Traditional
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Literal
“Build houses and dwell, and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Latin
Ædificate domos, et habitate: et plantate hortos, et comedite fructum eorum.

Original

Hebrew
English
“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.

Notes

Jeremiah 29:5–7

Jeremiah encouraged the exiled people to prepare for a long stay in Babylon. God wanted them to become productive citizens, caring for and praying to the Lord for the well-being of the Babylonian communities where they lived. This would help their population grow. They should not listen to false prophecies like Hananiah's, which promised a quick return home.

Jeremiah 29:1–23

Jeremiah sent a letter to the Hebrew exiles in Babylon. People read his letter many times in different settlements to reach all the scattered Israelites.

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah Nebuchadnezzar II The Written Word

Events

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Book of Jeremiah

Topics

Art: Primitive of the Gardener Arts of The: Gardener Babylon: The Jews Exhorted to be Subject To, and Settle In Buying a House Buying Land Gardens: Jews Ordered to Plant, in Babylon Home Ownership Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Blessing and Restoration