^5 (A)Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.

²⁸ For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, “Your exile will be long; ^(A)build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their produce.”’”

¹⁰ “For thus says the Lord: ^(A)When seventy years are completed for Babylon, ^(B)I will visit you, ^(C)and I will fulfill to you my promise ^(D)and bring you back to this place.

^26 (A)And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, ^(B)when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors ^(C)who have treated them with contempt. ^(D)Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”