THEOSISJeremiah 35:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:
וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י בְּנ֥וֹת בָּתִּ֖ים לְשִׁבְתֵּ֑נוּ וְכֶ֧רֶם וְשָׂדֶ֛ה וָזֶ֖רַע לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶה־לָּֽנוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Tim 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- Ps 37 (36):16
- Jer 35:7Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow reed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.
- Num 16:14Thou hast brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards; wilt thou also pull out our eyes? We will not come.