^7 (A)then I will let you dwell in this place, ^(B)in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.

^40 (A)Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, ^(B)that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

^18 (A)In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land ^(B)of the north to ^(C)the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.

⁵ saying, ^(A)‘Turn now, every one of you, ^(B)from his evil way and evil deeds, and ^(C)dwell upon the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever.

⁷ If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will ^(A)pluck up and break down and destroy it, ⁸ and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, ^(B)turns from its evil, ^(C)I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it.

²⁰ and say: ‘Hear the word of the Lord, ^(A)you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates. ²¹ Thus says the Lord: Take care for the sake of your lives, and ^(B)do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. ²² And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath ^(C)or do any work, but ^(D)keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers. ²³ Yet ^(E)they did not listen or incline their ear, ^(F)but stiffened their neck, that they ^(G)might not hear and receive instruction.

²⁴ “‘But if you listen to me, declares the Lord, and ^(H)bring in no burden by the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but ^(I)keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it, ²⁵ then ^(J)there shall enter by the gates of this city kings and princes who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their officials, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city shall be inhabited forever. ²⁶ And people shall come from ^(K)the cities of Judah ^(L)and the places around Jerusalem, ^(M)from the land of Benjamin, ^(N)from the Shephelah, from the hill country, ^(O)and from ^(P)the Negeb, bringing ^(Q)burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and ^(R)bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord. ²⁷ But if you do not listen to me, to ^(S)keep the Sabbath day holy, ^(T)and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will ^(U)kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall ^(V)devour the palaces of Jerusalem and ^(W)shall not be quenched.’”

⁸ and I will no more remove the foot of Israel from the land ^(A)that I appointed for your fathers, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them, all the law, the statutes, and the rules given through Moses.”