"... for Jeremiah to suggest such activities to continue in the exile suggests these blessings can and should take place on foreign soil. The blessings of Yahweh are no longer directly connected to being a landed people in a specific area. Yahweh can bless the people even outside of Jerusalem. John Hill comes to a similar conclusion saying, “Babylon is the place in which the Deuteronomic blessings are to be realized, and the place in which [Yahweh] is accessible to the community in its worship.” According to Isaiah’s apocalyptic vision, these activities will resume again in the new creation (Isaiah 65:21–23). The present curse of Deuteronomy 28:30–31 will be undone. The directives to the exiles then have an added layer of meaning. Jeremiah suggests that promised land life-building planting, marrying / begetting children—can take place in Babylon. He encourages the exiles to live now as they did in the promised land and as they will in the future. His words encourage the exiles to embrace life in exile and not to participate in any military revolts. Surely, an astonishing message for the exiles to hear ..."