SinaiJeremiah 29:28
World English Bible
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?” ’ ”
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Jeremiah 29:28 in other translations
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?
Jeremiah 29:28 in context
- 26“Yahweh has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in Yahweh’s house, for every man who is crazy, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
- 27Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
- 28because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, The captivity is long. Build houses, and dwell in them. Plant gardens, and eat their fruit?” ’ ”
- 29Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.
- 30Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,