Jeremiah 29:7

that they may bring sweet-smelling sacrifices near to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.

Then the officials said to the king, “Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is making the hands of the men of war who remain in this city as well as the hands of all the people limp, by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking peace for this people but rather calamity.”

“Therefore say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Though I had removed them far away among the nations, and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone.”’