Jeremiah 29:28-30

Contemporary English Version

²⁸ He even wrote a letter to the people here in Babylonia, saying we would be here a long time. He told us to build homes and to plant gardens and grow our own food.

²⁹ When Zephaniah received Shemaiah's letter, he read it to me. ³⁰ Then the Lord told me what to write in a second letter