3. By the hand of Eleasah son of Shaphan, and Gemariah son of Hilkijah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon--to Babylon, saying,
4. `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, to all the removal that I removed from Jerusalem to Babylon,
5. Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;
6. Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;
7. And seek the peace of the city whither I have removed you, and pray for it unto Jehovah, for in its peace ye have peace.
8. `For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Let not your prophets who [are] in your midst, and your diviners, lift you up, nor hearken ye unto their dreams, that ye are causing [them] to dream;
9. For with falsehood they are prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, an affirmation of Jehovah.
10. `For thus said Jehovah, Surely at the fulness of Babylon--seventy years--I inspect you, and have established towards you My good word, to bring you back unto this place.
11. For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.
12. `And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,
13. And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;
14. And I have been found of you--an affirmation of Jehovah; and I have turned back [to] your captivity, and have gathered you out of all the nations, and out of all the places whither I have driven you--an affirmation of Jehovah--and I have brought you back unto the place whence I removed you.