Jeremías 29:5

5 “Edifiquen casas y hagan planes para quedarse. Planten huertos y coman del fruto que produzcan.

Jeremías 29:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 29:5

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; suggesting also, that as they had ability, so they should have liberty, of building themselves houses; nor should they be interrupted by their enemies; nor would their houses be taken from them, when built; but they should dwell peaceably and quietly in them, as their own; which they might assure themselves of from the Lord, who gives these, and the following directions: and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
and live as comfortably as you can in a foreign country; plant your gardens with vines and pomegranates, and all sorts of fruitful trees the country produces; and fear not the fruit being taken away from you; depend upon it, you shall eat the fruit of your own labour, and not be deprived of it.

Jeremías 29:5 In-Context

3 Envió la carta con Elasa, hijo de Safán, y Gemarías, hijo de Hilcías, cuando fueron a Babilonia como embajadores del rey Sedequías ante Nabucodonosor. Esto decía la carta de Jeremías:

4 «Esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, Dios de Israel, a los cautivos que él desterró de Jerusalén a Babilonia:

5 “Edifiquen casas y hagan planes para quedarse. Planten huertos y coman del fruto que produzcan.

6 Cásense y tengan hijos. Luego encuentren esposos y esposas para ellos para que tengan muchos nietos. ¡Multiplíquense! ¡No disminuyan!

7 Y trabajen por la paz y prosperidad de la ciudad donde los envié al destierro. Pidan al Señor
por la ciudad, porque del bienestar de la ciudad dependerá el bienestar de ustedes”.