Jeremías 29:28

28 'Porque él nos ha enviado un mensaje a Babilonia, diciendo: "El destierro será largo; edificad casas y habitadlas, plantad huertos y comed su fruto.'""

Jeremías 29:28 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 29:28

For therefore he sent unto us [in] Babylon, saying
That is, Jeremiah the prophet; and this was the reason, because his mouth was not stopped, and he restrained from prophesying; so that Shemaiah lays all the blame on Zephaniah, and his brethren the priests; who, had they done their duty, would have prevented Jeremiah's letter to the captives, as he suggests; the purport of which was, this [captivity] is long;
so Kimchi, Abarbinel, and Ben Melech, supply it; or, "it [is] long" ^F13; it will be a long time before the captives shall return to their own land; and therefore they should not think of it, or provide for it; but, on the contrary, for their continuance in Babylon; giving the following advice: build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them;
referring to Jeremiah's letter; (See Gill on Jeremiah 29:5).

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (ayh hkra) "longum est", Pagninus, Cocceius, Schmidt.

Jeremías 29:28 In-Context

26 'El SEÑOR te ha puesto por sacerdote en lugar del sacerdote Joiada, para estar encargado en la casa del SEÑOR de todo demente que profetice, a fin de que lo pongas en el cepo y la argolla.

27 'Pues entonces ¿por qué no has reprendido a Jeremías de Anatot que os profetiza?

28 'Porque él nos ha enviado un mensaje a Babilonia, diciendo: "El destierro será largo; edificad casas y habitadlas, plantad huertos y comed su fruto.'""

29 Y el sacerdote Sofonías leyó esta carta a oídos del profeta Jeremías.

30 Entonces vino la palabra del SEÑOR a Jeremías, diciendo: