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## Jeremiah 29:5-6 in Context (Verses 2–9 KJV)
 
 [2 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/2) (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)*
 
 [3 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/3) By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
 
 [4 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/4) Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
 
 [5 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/5) Build ye houses, and dwell *in them;* and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
 
 [6 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/6) Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/7) And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/8) ¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that *be* in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/jeremiah/29/9) For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.*
 
[Jeremiah 28](/kjv/jeremiah/28) [Jeremiah 30](/kjv/jeremiah/30)

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