OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 29:5

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“Build houses and dwell in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.

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Verse 5. Build. Establish yourselves, as you must remain a long time in captivity. We are exhorted not to be attached to the things of the world, to remind us that we shall not live long. Calmet. 16:2 and 35:7 and 1 Corinthians 7:29.

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