Yirmeyahu 29:1-9 ירמיהו כ״ט:א׳-ט׳

Now these are the words of the letter that Yirmeya the prophet sent from Yerushalayim to the residue of the elders who were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nevukhadneżżar had carried away captive from Yerushalayim to Bavel:

(after Yekhonya the king, and the queen mother, and the officers, the princes of Yehuda and Yerushalayim, and the craftsmen and the smiths, had departed from Yerushalayim;)

by the hand of El῾asa the son of Shefan, and Gemarya the son of Ḥilqiyya, (whom Żidqiyya king of Yehuda had sent to Nevukhad­neżżar king of Bavel) to Bavel, saying,

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Yerushalayim to Bavel;

Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

Take wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that you may be increased there, and not diminished.

And seek the peace of the city into which I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray to the Lord for it: for in its peace shall you have peace.

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that are in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to the dreams which you encourage them to dream.

For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, says the Lord.