Jeremiah 29:10 ¶For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

Jeremiah 29:28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Ezekiel 11:3 Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.