Jeremiah 29:27-29

Revised Standard Version

²⁷ Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of An′athoth who is prophesying to you? ²⁸ For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, “Your exile will be long; build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their produce.”’”

²⁹ Zephani′ah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.