Jeremiah 29:5

5 “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.

Jeremiah 29:5 in Other Translations

5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

5 Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.

5 “Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce.

5 "Build houses and make yourselves at home. "Put in gardens and eat what grows in that country.

5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

5 Build houses, and live in them. Plant gardens, and eat what they produce.

5 "Build houses and live [in them]. Plant gardens and eat their produce.

5 "Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.

Jeremiah 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.

Jeremiah 29:5 In-Context

3 He entrusted the letter to Elasah son of Shaphan and to Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It said:

4 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:

5 “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.

6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease.

7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Cross References

• 1. ver 28