Jeremiah 29:27-29

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁷ Now therefore [continued the letter from Shemaiah in Babylon to Zephaniah in Jerusalem], why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you?

²⁸ For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, [This captivity of yours] is to be long; build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat the fruit of them.

²⁹ And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.