Israel’s Mourning Turned to Joy

31 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the ^(A)God of all the ^(B)families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”

¹⁰ I will multiply men on you, ^(A)all the house of Israel, all of it; and the ^(B)cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be rebuilt.

²¹ Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will ^(A)take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; ²² and I will make them ^(B)one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and ^(C)one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms.