7 Pray for peace in Babylonia and work hard to make it prosperous. The more successful that nation is, the better off you will be.
8-9 Some of your people there in Babylonia are fortune-tellers, and you have asked them to tell you what will happen in the future. But they will only lead you astray. And don't let the prophets fool you, either. They speak in my name, but they are liars. I have not spoken to them.
10 After Babylonia has been the strongest nation for seventy years, I will be kind and bring you back to Jerusalem, just as I have promised.
11 I will bless you with a future filled with hope—a future of success, not of suffering.
12 You will turn back to me and ask for help, and I will answer your prayers.
13 You will worship me with all your heart, and I will be with you
14 and accept your worship. Then I will gather you from all the nations where I scattered you, and you will return to Jerusalem.