Jeremiah 29:28

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Cross References

Jeremiah 29:5

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

Jeremiah 29:10

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.

Jeremiah 29:1

Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremias the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the ancients that were carried into captivity and to the priests and to the prophets and to all the people whom Nabuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: