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Verse Jeremiah 29:5. _BUILD YE HOUSES_] Prepare for a long continuance
in your present captivity. Provide yourselves with the _necessaries_
of life, and multiply in the land, that ye may become a powe...
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As the exile was God’s doing for their good, they were to make the
best of their position, and acquire wealth and influence; whereas if
they were always restlessly looking out for the opportunity of
r...
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JEREMIAH 29. THE FUTURE OF THE EXILES IN BABYLON (_c_. 595). Jeremiah
sends a letter by royal messengers to tell the exiles in Babylon to
settle down there for a lengthy stay, and not to be deceived b...
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See introd. note to section. Instead of looking for an immediate
return to Palestine, which would cause the exiles to sit loose to the
country where they found themselves, they were to be interested i...
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2. _Practical advice for the captives_ (Jeremiah 29:5-7)
TRANSLATION
(5) Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens that you may eat their
fruit. (6) Take wives and beget sons and daughters, and tak...
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Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them;
BUILD YE HOUSES - in opposition to the false prophet's suggestions,
who told the captives that their captivity wou...
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1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
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BUILD YE HOUSES, AND DWELL IN THEM. — The command had a two-fold
bearing. It counselled a patient acceptance of the present state of
things. It announced, as the next verse does yet more emphatically,...
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CHAPTER X
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EXILES
Jeremiah 29:1
"Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon
roasted in the fire."- Jeremiah 29:22
NOTHING further is said about the pr...
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As a result of this false prophesying, Jeremiah sent a letter to the
exiles. It is evident that they also were disturbed. The letter
instructed them, first, concerning their present position, advising...
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_Build. Establish yourselves, as you must remain a long time in
captivity. We are exhorted not to be attached to the things of the
world, to remind us that we shall not live long, chap. xvi. 2., and
x...
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He first endeavours to reconcile their minds to the Lord's
determination. Seventy years were appointed for their captivity: and
therefore, he recommends the people to live and act as persons who
were...
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God commanded the captives to _build houses _in Chaldea, to _plant
vineyards, _and also to _marry wives, _and to _beget children, _as
though they were at home. It was not, indeed, God’s purpose that
t...
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On the other hand the prophet comforts those who, by the judgment of
God, were subjected to the yoke which He had imposed upon them. The
Jews in Babylon should dwell in peace, quietly seeking the welf...
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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; suggesti...
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Build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them;
Ver. 5. _Build ye houses, and dwell in them._] Mitigate the extremity
of your captivity, which is likely to be long...
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_Thus saith the Lord, Build ye houses, and plant gardens_, &c. It
appears by the advice which the prophet here gives, that many of the
captive Jews neglected to cultivate and plant the places allotted...
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JEREMIAH'S LETTER TO THE EXILES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
The Contents of the Letter.
Just as certain false prophets in Jerusalem had tried to arouse and
maintain false hopes in the inhabitants of the ca...
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Build ye houses and dwell in them, thereby preparing for a long stay
in the land of their captivity, against the advice of the false
prophets who were trying to mislead them; AND PLANT GARDENS, AND EA...
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1-7 The written word of God is as truly given by inspiration of God
as his spoken word. The zealous servant of the Lord will use every
means to profit those who are far off, as well as those who are...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Jeremiah 29:5 Build H1129 (H8798) houses H1004 dwell H3427 (H8798)
plant H5193 (H8798) gardens H1593 eat...
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THE CALL FOR THE EXILES TO SETTLE DOWN IN BABYLON AND PAY NO HEED TO
THE FALSE PROPHETS (JEREMIAH 29:4).
Jeremiah 29:4
“Thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captivity,
whom I have...
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JEREMIAH'S LETTER TO THE EXILES (JEREMIAH 29:1).
Correspondence by letter was a constant feature of those days, and
indicates that the world was not static (compare the prophetic letters
from Shemaiah...
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CONTENTS: Message to the Jews of the first captivity. Action against
false prophets. Destruction foretold.
CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah, Elasah, Gemariah,
Ahab, Zedekiah, Shemaiah,...
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Jeremiah 29:10. _After seventy years._ See Jeremiah 26:1. Zechariah
fixes the captivity at the same number of years, and he flourished
sometime after Jeremiah's death. No doubt the captivity was exact...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—This
letter and its transmission are usually dated the fourth year of
Zedekiah’s reign (because of chap. Jeremiah 28:1), but Jeremiah 29:2...
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EXPOSITION
Despised and rejected at home, Jeremiah turned his thoughts to those
distant brethren in captivity, whom he had already likened to "good
figs, very good" (Jeremiah 24:3, Jeremiah 24:5). He...
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Now Jeremiah sent this letter, chapter 29, to those Jews that were in
Babylon. And, of course, this letter was sent to them and one of the
chief of the princes that was in Babylon was Daniel. So Danie...
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Ezekiel 28:26; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 29:28...