Jeremiah 29:7 tells God's displaced people to seek the peace of the city where God placed them and to pray for it. That is a command to obey, not a formula that guarantees a city's revival or a church's growth.

Jeremiah 29:4–7 treats the exile as God's own placement, not an accident to escape. The captives are told to settle into real life and to seek and pray for the peace of the city that holds them.