¹³ I gave you a land you did not labor for, and cities you did not build,^(A) though you live in them; you are eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

³⁰ “‘This will be the sign for you:^(A) This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

⁵ “Build houses and live in them.^(A) Plant gardens and eat their produce.

²⁸ For he has sent word to us in Babylon, claiming, “The exile will be long. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.”’” ^(A)

²⁶ They will live there securely,^(A) build houses, and plant vineyards.^(B) They will live securely when I execute judgments^(C) against all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’”