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Jeremiah 29:28

Babylon

26 ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

27 So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?

For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”

29 (Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)

30 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

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BSB
For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”
KJV
For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
WEB
because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, The captivity is long. Build houses, and dwell in them. Plant gardens, and eat their fruit?”’”
ASV
forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, [The captivity] is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?
DARBY
Forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, It will be long; build houses, and dwell [in them], and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
BLB
For upon thus he has sent to us [in] Babylon, saying it [is] long, build houses and dwell, and plant gardens and eat their fruit.’”
ÅB
For han har sendt brev til oss i Babel og sagt: Det vil vare lenge; bygg hus og bo i dem, plant haver og et deres frukt!
OTB
For han har sendt denne meldingen til oss i Babylon: “Eksilet vil bli langt; bygg hus og bo i dem, og plant hager og spis deres frukt.”’”
B1930
For han har sendt brev til oss i Babel og sagt: Det vil vare lenge; bygg hus og bo i dem, plant haver og et deres frukt!

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  • Jeremiah 29:5

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

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  • Jeremiah 29:10

    For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.

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  • Jeremiah 29:1

    This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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