Jeremiah 29:4-6

New American Standard Bible

⁴ “This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, says 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 ^[a]produce. ⁶ Take ^(C)wives and father sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may give birth to sons and daughters; and grow in numbers there and do not decrease.