Jeremiah 29:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ “Build houses and settle ·in the land [down]. Plant gardens and eat ·the food they grow [^Ltheir fruit]. ⁶ ·Get married [^LTake wives] and have sons and daughters. ·Find [^LTake] wives for your sons, and let your daughters be married so they also may have sons and daughters. ·Have many children in Babylon [^LMultiply there]; don’t become fewer in number. ⁷ ·Also do good things for [^LSeek the peace/security of] the city where I ·sent you as captives [exiled you]. Pray to the Lord for the city where you are living, because ·if good things happen in the city, good things will happen to you also [^Lin its peace/security you will have peace/security].”