¹⁰“This is what the Lord says: ‘You say about this place, “It is a desolate waste, without people or animals.”^y Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted,^z inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more ¹¹the sounds of joy and gladness,^a the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings^b to the house of the Lord, saying,

“Give thanks to the Lord Almighty,

for the Lord is good;^c

his love endures forever.”^d

For I will restore the fortunes^e of the land as they were before,^f’ says the Lord.

¹²“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In this place, desolate^g and without people or animals^h—in all its towns there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.ⁱ ¹³In the towns of the hill^j country, of the western foothills and of the Negev,^k in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hand^l of the one who counts them,’ says the Lord.

¹⁴“ ‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise^m I made to the people of Israel and Judah.

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Cross references

y Jer 32:43
zSee Lev 26:32; See Jer 9:11
aSee Ps 51:8; See Isa 24:8; See 51:3
bSee Lev 7:12
cSee 2 Ch 7:3; Ps 25:8; See 136:1; Na 1:7
dSee 1 Ch 16:34; 2 Ch 5:13; Ps 100:4–5
e Ps 14:7
fSee Isa 1:26
g Jer 32:43
hver 10
iSee Isa 65:10; Eze 34:11–15
jSee Jer 31:5
kSee Jer 17:26; Ob 1:20
lSee Lev 27:32
m Dt 28:1–14; See Jos 23:15; See Jer 29:10