¹⁵ For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “^(A)Houses and fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”’

^43 (A)Thus fields will be bought in this land of which you all are saying, “^(B)It is a desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.” ⁴⁴ Men will buy fields for money, ^[a](C)sign and seal deeds, and call in witnesses in the ^(D)land of Benjamin, in the surroundings of Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the ^[b]Shephelah, and in the cities of the ^[c]Negev; for I will ^[d](E)return their ^[e]fortunes,’ declares Yahweh.”