Portions: Jeremiah 27 - 30

Then I said to the priests and all these people,
"This is what the Lord says: 
Do not listen to the prophets who say,
'Very soon now the articles from the Lord's house
will be brought back from Babylon.'
They are prophesying lies to you.
do not listen to them.
Serve the king of Babylon,
and you will live.
(Jeremiah 27:16-17)

Then the prophet Jeremiah
said to Hananiah the prophet,
"Listen, Hananiah!
The Lord has not sent you,
yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies.
Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
'I am about to remove you from the face of the earth.
This very year you are going to die,
because you have preached rebellion against the Lord.'"
In the seventh month of that same year,
Hananiah the prophet died.
(Jeremiah 28:15-17)

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel,
says to all those I carried into exile
from Jerusalem to Babylon:
"Build houses and settle down;
plant gardens and eat what they produce.
Marry and have sons and daughters;
find wives for your sons
and give your daughters in marriage,
so that they too may have sons and daughters.
Increase in number there;
do not decrease.
Also, seek the peace and prosperity
of the city to which I have carried you into exile.
Pray to the Lord for it,
because if it prospers,
you too will prosper"
(Jeremiah 29:4-7)

"'So you will be My people,
and I will be your God.'"
(Jeremiah 30:22)