Jeremiah 29:6 (YLT)

Passage

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 29:4 `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, to all the removal that I removed from Jerusalem to Babylon,

Jeremiah 29:5 Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;

Jeremiah 29:6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;

Jeremiah 29:7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have removed you, and pray for it unto Jehovah, for in its peace ye have peace.

Jeremiah 29:8 `For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Let not your prophets who <FI>are<Fi> in your midst, and your diviners, lift you up, nor hearken ye unto their dreams, that ye are causing <FI>them<Fi> to 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 abide and plant..." 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.