Jeremiah 29:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I deported from Jerusalem to Babylon: ⁵ Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. ⁶ Marry and beget sons and daughters; choose wives for your sons and husbands for your daughters, so that they may bring forth sons and daughters. While you are there, you must increase in number, not decrease.