Jeremiah 29:5
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Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.

Jeremiah 29:28
For he hath also sent to us in Babylon, saying: It is a long time: build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant gardens, and eat the fruits of them.

Jeremiah 29:6
Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters: and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters: and be ye multiplied there, and be not few in number.

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Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.

Jeremiah 29:10,28 For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favour, to bring you again to this place. . . .

Ezekiel 28:26 And they shall dwell therein secure, and they shall build houses, and shall plant vineyards, and shall dwell with confidence, when I shall have executed judgments upon all that are their enemies round about: and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.

Context
Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles
4Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters: and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters: and be ye multiplied there, and be not few in number.…
Lexicon
‘Build
בְּנ֥וּ (bə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

houses
בָתִּ֖ים (ḇāt·tîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

and settle down.
וְשֵׁ֑בוּ (wə·šê·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

Plant
וְנִטְע֣וּ (wə·niṭ·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant

gardens
גַנּ֔וֹת (ḡan·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1593: A garden

and eat
וְאִכְל֖וּ (wə·’iḵ·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

their produce.
פִּרְיָֽן׃ (pir·yān)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6529: Fruit


Additional Translations
‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.Build you 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.

Build ye houses, and inhabit them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruits thereof;

Build 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;

Build ye 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.

Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;
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