Jeremiah 29:4-6

Legacy Standard Bible

⁴ “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have ^(A)sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, ⁵ ‘^(B)Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit. ⁶ Take ^(C)wives and ^[a]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.