¹⁵ Then I will give you shepherds^(A) after my own heart,^(B) who will lead you with knowledge and understanding. ¹⁶ In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord, “people will no longer say, ‘The ark^(C) of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered;^(D) it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. ¹⁷ At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne^(E) of the Lord, and all nations^(F) will gather in Jerusalem to honor^(G) the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.^{(H) 18} In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel,^(I) and together^(J) they will come from a northern^(K) land to the land^(L) I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.