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Jeremiah 29:1-7

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes (c.1599).
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"The prophet does not speak this for the affection that he bore to the tyrant, but that they should pray for the common rest and quietness that their troubles might not be increased, and that they might with more patience and less grief wait for the time of their deliverance, which God had appointed most certain: for not only the Israelites but all the world yea and the insensible creatures would rejoice when these tyrants would be destroyed, as in Isa 24:4."

bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary. (c. 1700)
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"The zealous servant of the Lord will use every means to profit those who are far off, as well as those who are near him."

bulletFrom Wesley's Notes. John Wesley (1703-1791).
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"Jeremiah's letter to the captives in Babylon, to be quiet there, ver. 1 - 7. Not to believe false prophets; nor expect to return 'till after fifty years."

bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet"I am unsure whether one can read into the chapter a 'social resistance', but certainly agree on a non-violent acceptance of the reality."
bullet Jeremiah 29:1-7, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
bullet"Real hope for the people, according to Jeremiah, lay not in some immediate relief from social and communal death, but in living through that experience as faithful people, awaiting the Lord’s 'future with hope'."
bullet Lectionary Commentary, Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, 14th Sunday After Pentecost (Year C), by Dennis Bratcher at Christian Resource Institute.
bullet "You Better Not Shop Around," Blogging Toward Sunday, Stan Wilson, Theolog: The Blog of The Christian Century, 2007.
bullet"Change one word in Jeremiah’s charge, and it becomes a very real challenge for my congregation: 'Seek the shalom of the neighborhood where I have sent you. . . . and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its shalom you will find your shalom.'"
bullet "The New Urbanism," study guide for adults, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Cities and Towns," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2006.
bullet "Strange People, Strange Places: The Geography of Salvation," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation.
bullet"When have you discerned God working in strange places or people?"
bulletArticles & Background:
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"Biblical Theology and the Culture War," David VanDrunen, Kerux, 1996.

bullet "On Exile: Yoder, Said, and a Theology of Land and Return," Alain Epp Weaver, CrossCurrents, 2003.
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"How should Palestinian exile, and exile more generally, be understood theologically? How should Christians understand the dreams of many exiles, dreams which often appear hopeless, of return to their homes?"

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Articles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
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Bundang, Rachel A.R., "Home As Memory, Metaphor, and Promise in Asian/Pacific American Religious Experience," Semeia, 2002.
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Holladay, William L., "God Writes a Rude Letter (Jeremiah 29:1-23)," Biblical Archaeologist, 1983.
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Overholt, Thomas W., "Jeremiah 27-29:The Question of False Prophecy," Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1967.
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Smith, Daniel L., "Jeremiah As Prophet of Nonviolent Resistance," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1989.
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Weaver, Alain Epp, "On Exile: Yoder, Said, and a Theology of Land and Return," Cross Currents, 2003.
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Wilson, Gerald H., "The Prayer of Daniel 9: Reflection on Jeremiah 29," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1990.
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Yates, Gary E., "Narrative Parallelism and the 'Jehoiakim Frame': A Reading Strategy for Jeremiah 26-45," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2005.
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bulletSermons:
bullet "Jeremiah's Letter to Exiles in Babylon," Rev. Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson, Medicine Hat, Alberta.
bulletWho Knows? Jeremiah 26 -29, by Ray C. Stedman. Text or Real Audio.
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