Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 29:28

28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long, build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them .

The matter of fact was true, as appeared ver. 5.6. but it was false that this was the effect of phr[illegible: 2 letters]zy, or that he spake this of his own head, without commission from God, for he wro[illegible: 2 letters] nothing of this nature, but by order from God, as appeareth from ver. 4. where he began his Letter with; T[illegible: 1 letter]us saith t[illegible: 2 letters] Lord of hosts, the God of Israel.