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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:7

Civic duties. From the duty of the Jews to the cities of their exile we may deduce the still more urgent duties of citizens to their own city, I. ONE OF THE FIRST INTERESTS OF A PEOPLE IS PEACE . There are times when war is necessary and right—to defend the hearth and home, to save the weak from oppression, etc. But such war must only be the means for securing a bettor, more lasting peace. The glory of war is an empty dream. The people gain little and suffer much,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:4-7

As the exile was God’s doing for their good, they were to make the best of their position, and acquire wealth and influence; whereas if they were always restlessly looking out for the opportunity of returning home, they would rapidly fall into poverty and dwindle away.Jeremiah 29:7Seek the peace of the city ... - Not only because their welfare for seventy years was bound up with that of Babylon, but because it would have degraded their whole moral nature to have lived as conspirators, banded... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 29:4-7

Jeremiah 29:4-7. Thus saith the Lord, Build ye houses, and plant gardens, &c. It appears by the advice which the prophet here gives, that many of the captive Jews neglected to cultivate and plant the places allotted to them about Babylon; because they were not willing to bestow cost and pains for the advantage of others; since they flattered themselves that they were soon to return into Judea: and therefore, Jeremiah here admonishes them that their continuance in their captivity would... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

Letters to the captives in Babylon (29:1-32)In 597 BC several thousand of Jerusalem’s most capable people were taken captive to Babylon. Among them were some false prophets who began to predict, as Hananiah had done, that Babylon was about to fall and that the Judean captives were about to return to Jerusalem. Jeremiah, on hearing of this, wrote a letter to the community of captives (29:1-3).The advice Jeremiah gives to the exiles is that they settle down to a more or less permanent way of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 29:7

seek the peace = seek the welfare. Compare Ezra 6:10 . captives. For sixty-three years. From Jehoiachin's captivity to Cyrus (489-426 = 63). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:7

7. (Ezra 6:10; Romans 13:1; 1 Timothy 2:2). Not only bear the Babylonian yoke patiently, but pray for your masters, that is, while the captivity lasts. God's good time was to come when they were to pray for Babylon's downfall (Jeremiah 51:35; Psalms 137:8). They were not to forestall that time. True religion teaches patient submission, not sedition, even though the prince be an unbeliever. In all states of life let us not throw away the comfort we may have, because we have not all we would... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 29:1-23

Jeremiah’s first letter to the exiles 29:1-23 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 29:5-7

The exiles were to settle down in Babylon, and carry on life as usual, rather than to plan on returning home soon. They were to build houses, plant gardens, marry, have children, and anticipate grandchildren."The external circumstances are far removed from humanity’s first home in a fruitful garden, but the divine blessing and human task are remarkably similar (compare Genesis 1:28-29; Genesis 2:8-9; Genesis 2:15-16)." [Note: Scalise, p. 80.] The exiles were also to seek the welfare of the city... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:1-32

1-14. Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years.1. Prophets] The exiles in Babylon had also false prophets, e.g. Ahab and Zedekiah (Jeremiah 29:21), and Shemaiah (of Jeremiah 29:24) among them. But they were on the whole of a better class (see Jeremiah 24:5-7), and the prophet might hope that his words would have more effect. 2. Carpenters] RV ’craftsmen.’4-7. They are not to sit loose to the land of their exile, but to make homes for themselves there. Else they will soon... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 29:7

(7) And seek the peace of the city . . .—This was, we may believe, the hardest command of all. To refrain from all curses and imprecations, even from such as came from the lips of those who hung their harps on the willows by the waters of Babylon (Psalms 137:0), to pray for the peace and prosperity of the city where they were eating the bread of captivity—this surely required an almost superhuman patience. Yet this was the prophet’s counsel. It seems almost to follow—unless we apply Augustine’s... read more