Jeremiah 29:27-29

New Catholic Bible

²⁷ Why then have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who poses as a prophet among you? ²⁸ He has even sent us a message in Babylon, saying, ‘It will be a long time. Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce.’ ”

²⁹ When the priest Zephaniah read this letter to the prophet Jeremiah,