¹⁰ And ^(A)I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. ^(B)The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt. ¹¹ And I will multiply on you ^(C)man and beast, and ^(D)they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in ^(E)your former times, and ^(F)will do more good to you than ever before. ^(G)Then you will know that I am the Lord.

³⁷ “Thus says the Lord God: This also ^(A)I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: ^(B)to increase their people like ^(C)a flock.