5Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
5Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
4 Thus said 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;
5 Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
6 Take you wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that you may be increased there, and not diminished.
7 And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray to the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall you have peace.
29:5Build ye houses, and dwell [in them;] and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
29:5"Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.
29:5Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.
29:5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
29:5Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
29:5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
29:5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
29:5Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
29:5Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;