Jeremiah 32:36–44

³⁶“You have said this about the city, ‘Because of wars, famines, and plagues it will be handed over to the king of Babylon.’ Now this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ³⁷I am going to gather the people from all the lands where I scattered them in my anger, fury, and terrifying wrath. I will bring them back to this place and make them live here securely. ³⁸They will be my people, and I will be their God. ³⁹I will give them the same attitude and the same purpose so that they will fear me as long as they live. This will be for their own good and for the good of their children. ⁴⁰I will make an eternal promise^ato them that I will never stop blessing them. I will make them fear me so that they will never turn away from me. ⁴¹I will enjoy blessing them. With all my heart and soul I will faithfully plant them in this land. 

⁴²“This is what the Lord says: As I brought all these disasters on these people, so I will bring on them all these blessings that I have promised them. ⁴³You have said that this land is a wasteland, without people or animals living in it. You have also said that it has been handed over to the Babylonians. But people will once again buy fields in this land. ⁴⁴They will buy fields for money, sign deeds, seal them, and have people witness the signing of the deeds. This will happen in the territory of Benjamin, in the region of Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities on the mountains, in the hill country, and in the Negev because I will bring them back from their captivity,” declares the Lord.