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Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply you there, and don`t be diminished.
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Live Fully in the Present
Commentators explain that God's command to marry and have children was a call for the exiles to embrace their new reality for the long term. Instead of restlessly plotting an immediate return, they were to build normal, stable lives. This was a test of patience and obedience, trusting God's 70-year timeline while living faithfully in the here and now.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As the exile was God’s doing for their good, they were to make the best of their position and acquire wealth and influence; whereas if they were al…
16th Century
Protestant
This is the substance of the message, which the Prophet undoubtedly explained to them in detail; but here he only briefly touches on what he wrote …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Take you wives, and beget sons and daughters That is, such as had no wives, who were either bachelors or widowers; n…
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The written word of God is as truly given by inspiration of God as His spoken word. The zealous servant of the Lord will use every means to benefit…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, he refutes the false consolations of the prophets who were consoling the captives in Babylonia.
