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

I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.

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.”’”

I will bring back my people, Israel; they will rebuild the cities lying in rubble and settle down. They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce; they will grow orchards and eat the fruit they produce.