‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.

We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.

For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon. He wrote and told us, “You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.”’”

For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”’