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Jeremiah 29:28

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← Jeremiah 29:27	Jeremiah 29:28 (KJV)	Jeremiah 29:29 →
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?	For therefore he sent unto us [in] Babylon, saying, This [captivity is] long: build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.	And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For therefore he sent^H7971 unto us in Babylon^H894, saying^H559, This^H1931 captivity is long^H752: build^H1129 ye houses^H1004, and dwell^H3427 in them; and plant^H5193 gardens^H1593, and eat^H398 the fruit^H6529 of them.

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Original Hebrew

כִּי עַל־כֵּן שָׁלַח אֵלֵינוּ בָּבֶל לֵאמֹר אֲרֻכָּה הִיא בְּנוּ בָתִּים וְשֵׁבוּ וְנִטְעוּ גַנֹּות וְאִכְלוּ אֶת־פְּרִיהֶן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	since
כֵּ֞ן	ken	H3651	HTm	(thus)
שָׁלַ֥ח	sha.Lach	H7971	HVqp3ms	he has sent
אֵלֵ֛י/נוּ	'e.Lei./nu	H413	HR/Sp1cp	to/ us
בָּבֶ֥ל	ba.Vel	H894	HNp	Babylon
לֵ/אמֹ֖ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
אֲרֻכָּ֣ה	'a.ru.Kah	H752	HAafsa	(will be) a long (time)
הִ֑יא	Hi'	H1931	HPp3fs	it
בְּנ֤וּ	be.Nu	H1129	HVqv2mp	build
בָתִּים֙	va.Tim	H1004	HNcmpa	houses
וְ/שֵׁ֔בוּ	ve./She.vu	H3427	HC/Vqv2mp	and/ dwell
וְ/נִטְע֣וּ	ve./nit.'U	H5193	HC/Vqv2mp	and/ plant
גַנּ֔וֹת	ga.Not	H1593	HNcfpa	gardens
וְ/אִכְל֖וּ	ve./'ikh.Lu	H398	HC/Vqv2mp	and/ eat
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
פְּרִי/הֶֽן	pe.ri./Hen	H6529	HNcmsc/Sp3fp	produce/ their

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H752 — אָרֹךְ (ʼârôk, aw-roke'): from אָרַךְ; long; long.
• H894 — בָּבֶל (Bâbel, baw-bel'): from בָּלַל; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire; Babel, Babylon.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
• H1593 — גַּנָּה (gannâh, gan-naw'): feminine of גַּן; a garden; garden.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H5193 — נָטַע (nâṭaʻ, naw-tah'): a primitive root; properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively); fastened, plant(-er).
• H6529 — פְּרִי (pᵉrîy, per-ee'): from פָּרָה; fruit (literally or figuratively); bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3651 — כֵּן (kên, kane): from כּוּן; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles); [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (4): Jeremiah 8:3, Jeremiah 29:5, Ezekiel 28:26, Zechariah 5:11

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: GARDENS
• Nave’s: SHEMAIAH, ZEPHANIAH

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