²⁸ He has sent this message^(A) to us in Babylon: It will be a long time.^(B) Therefore build^(C) houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.’”

A Letter to the Exiles

29 This is the text of the letter^(A) that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.^(B)