World English Bible
"Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them."
— Jeremiah 29:5, World English Bible
“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 settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.”
“Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.”
“Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;”
“Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;”
(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen mother, and the eunuchs, [and] the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem),
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,
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:
Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and don't be diminished.
Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.
For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Don't let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.