Jeremiah 29:6 (DRB)

Passage

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters: and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters: and be ye multiplied there, and be not few in number.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 29:4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

Jeremiah 29:5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.

Jeremiah 29:6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters: and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters: and be ye multiplied there, and be not few in number.

Jeremiah 29:7 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.

Jeremiah 29:8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners deceive you: and give no heed to your dreams which you dream:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "take", "wives", "beget", "sons", and "daughters". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "take" and "wives", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Build ye houses and dwell in them..." into verse 7's "And seek the peace of the city...", so "take" and "wives" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "take" and "wives" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.