Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
WEB
“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
YLT
Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;
DBT
Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile