THEOSISJeremiah 29:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And seek the peace of the city, to which I have caused you to be carried away captives; and pray to the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall be your peace.
וְדִרְשׁ֞וּ אֶת־שְׁל֣וֹם הָעִ֗יר אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִגְלֵ֤יתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ שָׁ֔מָּה וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֥וּ בַעֲדָ֖הּ אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֣י בִשְׁלוֹמָ֔הּ יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם שָׁלֽוֹם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Tim 2:1I desire therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all men:
- 1 Tim 2:2For kings and for all that are in high station: that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all piety and chastity.
- Ezra 6:10And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children.
- 1 Pet 2:13Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake: whether it be to the king as excelling,
- 1 Pet 2:17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- Ezra 7:23All that belongeth to the rites of the God of heaven, let it be given diligently in the house of the God of heaven: lest his wrath should be enkindled against the realm of the king, and of his sons.
- Dan 4:27And the king answered, and said: Is not this the great Babylon, which I have built, to be the seat of the kingdom, by the strength of my power, and in the glory of my excellence?
- Dan 6:4And the king thought to set him over all the kingdom; whereupon the princes, and the governors, sought to find occasion against Daniel, with regard to the king: and they could find no cause, nor suspicion, because he was faithful, and no fault, nor suspicion was found in him.