What Does Jeremiah 35:7 Mean?

“house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“Neither shall ye build”

to build (literally and figuratively)

“seed”

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“nor sow”

to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify

“vineyard”

a garden or vineyard

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“nor plant”

properly, to strike in, i.e., fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“in tents”

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

“ye shall dwell”

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“days”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

“that ye may live”

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

“days”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“many”

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“in”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“the land”

soil (from its general redness)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“where ye be strangers”

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place);

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence