Verse Jeremiah 29:5. Build ye houses] Prepare for a long continuance in your present captivity. Provide yourselves with the necessaries of life, and multiply in the land, that ye may become a powerful people.
As the exile was God’s doing for their good, they were to make the best of their position, and acquire wealth and influence; whereas if they were always restlessly looking out for the opportunity of r...
JEREMIAH 29. THE FUTURE OF THE EXILES IN BABYLON (_c_. 595). Jeremiah sends a letter by royal messengers to tell the exiles in Babylon to settle down there for a lengthy stay, and not to be deceived b...
See introd. note to section. Instead of looking for an immediate return to Palestine, which would cause the exiles to sit loose to the country where they found themselves, they were to be interested i...
2. _Practical advice for the captives_ (Jeremiah 29:5-7) TRANSLATION (5) Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens that you may eat their fruit. (6) Take wives and beget sons and daughters, and tak...
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; BUILD YE HOUSES - in opposition to the false prophet's suggestions, who told the captives that their captivity wou...
1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
BUILD YE HOUSES, AND DWELL IN THEM. — The command had a two-fold bearing. It counselled a patient acceptance of the present state of things. It announced, as the next verse does yet more emphatically,...
בְּנ֥וּ בָתִּ֖ים וְ שֵׁ֑בוּ וְ נִטְע֣וּ גַנֹּ
CHAPTER X CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EXILES Jeremiah 29:1 "Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire."- Jeremiah 29:22 NOTHING further is said about the pr...
As a result of this false prophesying, Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles. It is evident that they also were disturbed. The letter instructed them, first, concerning their present position, advising...
_Build. Establish yourselves, as you must remain a long time in captivity. We are exhorted not to be attached to the things of the world, to remind us that we shall not live long, chap. xvi. 2., and x...
He first endeavours to reconcile their minds to the Lord's determination. Seventy years were appointed for their captivity: and therefore, he recommends the people to live and act as persons who were...
God commanded the captives to _build houses _in Chaldea, to _plant vineyards, _and also to _marry wives, _and to _beget children, _as though they were at home. It was not, indeed, God’s purpose that t...
On the other hand the prophet comforts those who, by the judgment of God, were subjected to the yoke which He had imposed upon them. The Jews in Babylon should dwell in peace, quietly seeking the welf...
BUILD YE HOUSES, AND DWELL [IN THEM],.... Intimating hereby that they must not expect a return into their own land in any short time, but that they should continue many years where they were; suggesti...
Build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; Ver. 5. _Build ye houses, and dwell in them._] Mitigate the extremity of your captivity, which is likely to be long...
_Thus saith the Lord, Build ye houses, and plant gardens_, &c. It appears by the advice which the prophet here gives, that many of the captive Jews neglected to cultivate and plant the places allotted...
JEREMIAH'S LETTER TO THE EXILES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. The Contents of the Letter. Just as certain false prophets in Jerusalem had tried to arouse and maintain false hopes in the inhabitants of the ca...
Build ye houses and dwell in them, thereby preparing for a long stay in the land of their captivity, against the advice of the false prophets who were trying to mislead them; AND PLANT GARDENS, AND EA...
1-7 The written word of God is as truly given by inspiration of God as his spoken word. The zealous servant of the Lord will use every means to profit those who are far off, as well as those who are...
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Jeremiah 29:5 Build H1129 (H8798) houses H1004 dwell H3427 (H8798) plant H5193 (H8798) gardens H1593 eat...
JEREMIAH'S LETTER TO THE EXILES (JEREMIAH 29:1). Correspondence by letter was a constant feature of those days, and indicates that the world was not static (compare the prophetic letters from Shemaiah...
THE CALL FOR THE EXILES TO SETTLE DOWN IN BABYLON AND PAY NO HEED TO THE FALSE PROPHETS (JEREMIAH 29:4). Jeremiah 29:4 “Thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have...
CONTENTS: Message to the Jews of the first captivity. Action against false prophets. Destruction foretold. CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah, Elasah, Gemariah, Ahab, Zedekiah, Shemaiah,...
Jeremiah 29:10. _After seventy years._ See Jeremiah 26:1. Zechariah fixes the captivity at the same number of years, and he flourished sometime after Jeremiah's death. No doubt the captivity was exact...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—This letter and its transmission are usually dated the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign (because of chap. Jeremiah 28:1), but Jeremiah 29:2...
EXPOSITION Despised and rejected at home, Jeremiah turned his thoughts to those distant brethren in captivity, whom he had already likened to "good figs, very good" (Jeremiah 24:3, Jeremiah 24:5). He...
Now Jeremiah sent this letter, chapter 29, to those Jews that were in Babylon. And, of course, this letter was sent to them and one of the chief of the princes that was in Babylon was Daniel. So Danie...
Ezekiel 28:26; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 29:28...