Jeremiah 29:5-9
Jeremiah 29:5
‘Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce.
Jeremiah 29:6
Take wives and father sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may give birth to sons and daughters; and grow in numbers there and do not decrease.
Jeremiah 29:7
Seek the prosperity of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord in its behalf; for in its prosperity will be your prosperity.’
Jeremiah 29:8
For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Do not let your prophets who are in your midst or your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to their interpretations of your dreams which you dream.
Jeremiah 29:9
For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them,’ declares the Lord.