(A)Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their [a]produce. Take (B)wives and [b]become the fathers of sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there and do not decrease. (C)Seek the [c]welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and (D)pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its [d]welfare you will have [e]welfare.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:5 Lit fruit
  2. Jeremiah 29:6 Lit beget
  3. Jeremiah 29:7 Or peace
  4. Jeremiah 29:7 Or peace
  5. Jeremiah 29:7 Or peace