Jeremiah 29:7-16

English Standard Version

⁷ But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and ^(A)pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. ⁸ For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^(B)Do not let your prophets and ^(C)your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream,^{[a] 9} for ^(D)it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; ^(E)I did not send them, declares the Lord.

¹⁰ “For thus says the Lord: ^(F)When seventy years are completed for Babylon, ^(G)I will visit you, ^(H)and I will fulfill to you my promise ^(I)and bring you back to this place. ^11 (J)For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare^[b] and not for evil, ^(K)to give you a future and a hope. ^12 (L)Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, ^(M)and I will hear you. ^13 (N)You will seek me and find me, when you seek me ^(O)with all your heart. ¹⁴ I will be found by you, declares the Lord, ^(P)and I will restore your fortunes and ^(Q)gather you from all the nations and all the places ^(R)where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

¹⁵ “Because you have said, ‘The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,’ ¹⁶ thus says the Lord concerning ^(S)the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your kinsmen who did not go out with you into exile: