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Sunday, July 13th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Jeremiah 29:5
"Build houses and live in them. Settle in the land. Plant gardens and eat the food you grow.
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
“Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
Hebrew Names Version
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
King James Version
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
English Standard Version
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.
New American Standard Bible
'Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce.
'Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce.
New Century Version
"Build houses and settle in the land. Plant gardens and eat the food they grow.
"Build houses and settle in the land. Plant gardens and eat the food they grow.
Amplified Bible
'Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
'Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
World English Bible
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Buylde you houses to dwell in, and plant you gardens, and eate the fruites of them.
Buylde you houses to dwell in, and plant you gardens, and eate the fruites of them.
Legacy Standard Bible
‘Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
‘Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Berean Standard Bible
'Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
'Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
Contemporary English Version
to settle there and build houses. Plant gardens and eat what you grow in them.
to settle there and build houses. Plant gardens and eat what you grow in them.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Build yourselves houses, and live in them. Plant gardens, and eat what they produce.
‘Build yourselves houses, and live in them. Plant gardens, and eat what they produce.
Darby Translation
Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
George Lamsa Translation
Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat the fruit of them;
Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat the fruit of them;
Good News Translation
‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what you grow in them.
‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what you grow in them.
Lexham English Bible
‘Build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
‘Build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Literal Translation
Build houses and live, and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.
Build houses and live, and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Buylde you houses to dwell therein: plate you gardes, yt ye maye enioye the frutes thereof:
Buylde you houses to dwell therein: plate you gardes, yt ye maye enioye the frutes thereof:
American Standard Version
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Bible in Basic English
Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;
Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
King James Version (1611)
Build ye houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eate the fruit of them.
Build ye houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eate the fruit of them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Builde you houses to dwell therin, plant you gardens, that you may enioy the fruites therof.
Builde you houses to dwell therin, plant you gardens, that you may enioy the fruites therof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ascalon is cast away, and the remnant of the Enakim.
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ascalon is cast away, and the remnant of the Enakim.
English Revised Version
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bilde ye housis, and enhabite, and plaunte ye orcherdis, and ete ye fruyt of tho;
Bilde ye housis, and enhabite, and plaunte ye orcherdis, and ete ye fruyt of tho;
Update Bible Version
Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
New English Translation
‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.
‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.
New King James Version
Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
New Living Translation
"Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce.
"Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce.
New Life Bible
‘Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.
‘Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.
New Revised Standard
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce.
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Build ye houses and dwell in them, - And plant ye gardens and eat the fruit thereof;
Build ye houses and dwell in them, - And plant ye gardens and eat the fruit thereof;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.
Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.
Revised Standard Version
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.
Young's Literal Translation
Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;
Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;
THE MESSAGE
"Build houses and make yourselves at home. "Put in gardens and eat what grows in that country.
"Build houses and make yourselves at home. "Put in gardens and eat what grows in that country.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce.
'Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce.
Contextual Overview
1 Jeremiah sent a letter to the captives in Babylon. He sent it to the elders, the priests, the prophets, and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2 (This letter was sent after King Jehoiachin, the queen mother, the officials and the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the carpenters, and the metalworkers had been taken from Jerusalem.) 3 King Zedekiah of Judah sent Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah to King Nebuchadnezzar. Jeremiah gave them the letter to take to Babylon. This is what the letter said: 4 This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of the people of Israel, says to all the people he sent into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 "Build houses and live in them. Settle in the land. Plant gardens and eat the food you grow. 6 Get married and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons, and let your daughters be married. Do this so that they also may have sons and daughters. Have many children and grow in number in Babylon. Don't become fewer in number. 7 Also, do good things for the city I sent you to. Pray to the Lord for the city you are living in, because if there is peace in that city, you will have peace also."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Jeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 29:28, Ezekiel 28:26
Reciprocal: Psalms 107:37 - sow
Cross-References
Genesis 24:24
Rebekah answered, "My father is Bethuel, the son of Milcah and Nahor."
Rebekah answered, "My father is Bethuel, the son of Milcah and Nahor."
Genesis 24:29
She had a brother named Laban. She told him what the man had said to her. Laban was listening to her. And when he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's arms, he ran out to the well. There the man was, standing by the camels at the well.
She had a brother named Laban. She told him what the man had said to her. Laban was listening to her. And when he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's arms, he ran out to the well. There the man was, standing by the camels at the well.
Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their ancestors judge us guilty if we break this agreement." Jacob's father, Isaac, called God "Fear." So Jacob used that name to make the promise.
May the God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their ancestors judge us guilty if we break this agreement." Jacob's father, Isaac, called God "Fear." So Jacob used that name to make the promise.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As the exile was Godâs 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 returning home, they would rapidly fall into poverty and dwindle away.
Jeremiah 29:7
Seek the peace of the city ... - Not only because their welfare for seventy years was bound up with that of Babylon, but because it would have degraded their whole moral nature to have lived as conspirators, banded together against the country that was for the time their home.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
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 powerful people.
