4. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon:
5. Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruits.
6. Take wives and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters. Increase there; do not decrease.
7. Seek the welfare of the city to which I have exiled you; pray for it to the Lord, for upon its welfare your own depends.
8. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners who are among you; do not listen to those among you who dream dreams,