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Jeremiah 29:5-7

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

5. Build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 6. Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7. And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

Jeremiah 29:5-7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 29:5

Theological / Devotional

Build ye houses. The fact that such counsel was necessary indicates that, like their brethren in the homeland (see ch. 28), the Jewish exiles in Babylon were restless and unwilling to yield to their Chaldean conquerors. This attitude received support from the false prophets among them, who urged the people not to submit. Jeremiah counseled the exiles to accept patiently their present state of subjection.

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