SinaiJeremiah 29:28
American Standard Version
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?
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Jeremiah 29:28 in other translations
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?” ’ ”
Jeremiah 29:28 in context
- 26Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of Jehovah, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in shackles.
- 27Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,
- 28forasmuch 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?
- 29And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
- 30Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,