Jeremiah 29:4-15

New King James Version

⁴Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all who were carried away captive, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

⁵Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. ⁶Take wives and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters—that you may be increased there, and not diminished. ⁷And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, ^(A)and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will have peace. ⁸For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst ^(B)deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. ⁹For they prophesy ^(C)falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the Lord.

¹⁰For thus says the Lord: After ^(D)seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to ^(E)return to this place. ¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. ¹²Then you will ^(F)call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will ^(G)listen to you. ¹³And ^(H)you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me ^(I)with all your heart. ¹⁴^(J)I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; ^(K)I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.