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

^43 (A)Fields will be bought in this land of which you say, “^(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 environs of Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland and in the cities of the ^[b]Negev; for I will ^(E)restore their ^[c]fortunes,’ declares the Lord.”