^43 (A)Fields shall be bought in this land ^(B)of which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; ^(C)it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’

¹¹ Then he said to me, ^(A)“Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and ^(B)our hope is lost; ^(C)we are indeed cut off.’ ¹² Therefore ^(D)prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^(E)I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And ^(F)I will bring you into the land of Israel. ¹³ And ^(G)you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. ¹⁴ And ^(H)I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; ^(I)I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”

¹⁵ For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and ^(A)fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.’

They Shall Be My People; I Will Be Their God

³⁶ “Now therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ^(A)‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence’:

¹⁰ “Thus says the Lord: In this place ^(A)of 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