Jeremiah 29:5
בְּנוּ בָתִּים וְשֵׁבוּ וְנִטְעוּ גַנּוֹת וְאִכְלוּ אֶת ־ פִּרְיָֽן ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 29:10כִּֽי ־ כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה כִּי לְפִי מְלֹאת לְבָבֶל שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה אֶפְקֹד אֶתְכֶם וַהֲקִמֹתִי עֲלֵיכֶם אֶת ־ דְּבָרִי הַטּוֹב לְהָשִׁיב אֶתְכֶם אֶל ־ הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּֽה ׃
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:2-8
Advice to the Captives in Babylon. ( b. c. 596.) 1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; 2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) 3 By the hand of… Read the whole commentary →