¹⁰“Thus says the Lord: In this place ^eof which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again ¹¹^fthe voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring ^gthank offerings to the house of the Lord:

^h“ ‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,

for the Lord is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever!’

^xFor I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.

¹²“Thus says the Lord of hosts: ⁱIn this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be ^jhabitations of shepherds ^kresting their flocks. ¹³^lIn the cities of the hill country, ^lin the cities of the Shephelah, ^land in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, ^lthe places about Jerusalem, ^land in the cities of Judah, ^mflocks shall again pass under the hands ⁿof the one who counts them, says the Lord.

The Lord’s Eternal Covenant with David

¹⁴^o“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when ^pI will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

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Cross references

ech. 32:43
fSee ch. 7:34
g 1 Chr. 16:34; Ps. 106:1; 107:1; Isa. 12:4
hch. 30:19; Lev. 7:12; Ps. 107:22
x[See ver. 7 above]
i[Ezek. 36:11]
j[ch. 31:24; 50:19; Isa. 65:10; Ezek. 34:14, 15]
k Song 1:7
lSee ch. 17:26
m[Lev. 27:32]
n[John 10:3]
oFor ver. 14–16, see ch. 23:5, 6
pch. 29:10