Jeremiah 29:28-30

New American Standard Bible

²⁸ seeing that he has ^(A)sent word to us in Babylon, saying, ‘^[a]The exile will be ^(B)long; ^(C)build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their ^[b]produce’?”’”

²⁹ Now ^(D)Zephaniah the priest read this letter ^[c]to Jeremiah the prophet. ³⁰ Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,