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Jeremia 29:6

Listen to Jeremia 29:6
6 Nehmet Weiber und zeuget Söhne und Töchter, und nehmet Weiber fĂŒr eure Söhne, und eure Töchter gebet MĂ€nnern, damit sie Söhne und Töchter gebĂ€ren; und mehret euch daselbst, und mindert euch nicht.

Jeremia 29:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 29:6

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters
That is, such as had no wives, who were either bachelors or widowers; not that they were to take wives of the Chaldeans, but of those of their own nation; for intermarriages with Heathens were forbidden them; and this they were to do, in order to propagate their posterity, and keep up a succession: and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands;
or "men" F19; preserving and establishing the right of parents to give their children in marriage, and pointing to them their duty to provide suitable yoke fellows for them; and hereby is signified, that not only they, but their children after them, should continue in this state of captivity: that they may bear sons and daughters, that ye may be increased there;
and not diminished;
like their ancestors in Egypt, who grew very numerous amidst all their afflictions and bondage.


FOOTNOTES:

F19 (Myvnal) "viris", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt.
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Jeremia 29:6 In-Context

4 So spricht Jehova der Heerscharen, der Gott Israels, zu allen WeggefĂŒhrten, die ich von Jerusalem nach Babel weggefĂŒhrt habe:
5 Bauet HĂ€user und bewohnet sie, und pflanzet GĂ€rten und esset ihre Frucht.
6 Nehmet Weiber und zeuget Söhne und Töchter, und nehmet Weiber fĂŒr eure Söhne, und eure Töchter gebet MĂ€nnern, damit sie Söhne und Töchter gebĂ€ren; und mehret euch daselbst, und mindert euch nicht.
7 Und suchet den Frieden der Stadt, wohin ich euch weggefĂŒhrt habe, und betet fĂŒr sie zu Jehova; denn in ihrem Frieden werdet ihr Frieden haben.
8 Denn so spricht Jehova der Heerscharen, der Gott Israels: Laßt euch von euren Propheten, die in eurer Mitte sind, und von euren Wahrsagern nicht tĂ€uschen; und höret nicht auf eure TrĂ€ume, die ihr euch trĂ€umen lasset.
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