And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. The Whole Works - Page 252by James Ussher - 1654Full view - About this book
| Carolyn Gray LeMaster - 1994 - 708 pages
...the prophet Jeremiah: ". . . seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away and pray unto the Lord for it; for in the peace thereof you shall have peace." Rabbi Sanders' introduction of me to Dr. Jacob R. Marcus (they were schoolmates... | |
| Eldin Villafañe - 1995 - 168 pages
...move on, amid storms and trials, carrying and seeking the shalom of the city. "And seek the shalom (peace) of the city whither I have caused you to be...captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the shalom (peace) thereof shall ye have shalom (peace)" (Jer. 29:7, KJV). Armed with a "burning patience,"... | |
| Robert P. Carroll, Stephen Prickett - 1998 - 1828 pages
...husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And 8 •i For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel ; Let not your prophets and your diviners,... | |
| Michael Walzer - 1997 - 150 pages
...the first Jewish exiles in Babylonia more than two millennia earlier and frequently repeated since: "Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away" (Jer. 29:7)— that is, be loyal to the powers that be and keep a low political profile. Jewish immigrants... | |
| Sylvia Kedourie - 1998 - 152 pages
...husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there and not diminished. And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. (Jeremiah, 29:5-7) We may say that for two and a half millennia, through numberless chances and changes,... | |
| Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham - 1998 - 952 pages
...Build ye houses and dwell in them; and plant gardens and eat the fruits of them. And seek the welfare of the city whither I have caused you to be carried...it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." Though we are a part of this great national whole, we are a distinct and separate part, an alien part... | |
| Robert H. Ferrell - 1999 - 176 pages
...anyone could have. Eyes flashing, he spoke with the prophet Jeremiah: "And seek the peace of the city, and pray unto the Lord for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." But he could not keep his movement going, and within months the Charter League was dead. During World... | |
| David B. Ruderman - 2000 - 324 pages
...whom we dwell; but indeavour strictly to abide by the admonition of the Prophet Jeremiah [29:7], "And seek the peace of the city, whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto the Lord for it, for in the Peace thereof shall ye have peace." This Sir, is... | |
| Greg Powe - 2001 - 134 pages
...husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it (Jeremiah 29:5-7). That's interesting, God said not only do I want you to go away into Babylon into... | |
| Daniel G. Samuels - 2003 - 288 pages
...to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters and multiply you there and be not diminished. And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...unto the Lord for it/ for in the peace thereof shall you have peace.1 The amazing part of this letter, in view of the time and age in which it was written,... | |
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