Jeremiah 29:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴ “This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were taken from Jerusalem into exile to Babylon, ⁵ ‘Build houses and live in them.^[a] Plant gardens and eat their produce. ⁶ Take wives and father sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so they may have sons and daughters. Increase in numbers there, don’t decrease.