“and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed;”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Jeremiah 35 contains 19 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.