⁵ ‘While they are coming to ^(A)fight the Chaldeans and to fill ^[a]their houses with the bodies of people whom I have struck down in My anger and My wrath, and I have ^(B)hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness: ⁶ Behold, I am going to bring to it ^(C)healing and a remedy, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an ^(D)abundance of peace and truth. ⁷ And I will ^(E)restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and will ^(F)rebuild them as they were at first. ⁸ And I will ^(G)cleanse them from all their wrongdoing by which they have sinned against Me, and I will forgive all their wrongdoings by which they have sinned against Me and revolted against Me. ^9 [b]It will be to Me a ^(H)name of joy, praise, and glory before ^(I)all the nations of the earth, which will hear of all the ^(J)good that I do for them, and they will be ^(K)frightened and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.’

¹⁰ “This is what the Lord says: ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, “It is a ^(L)waste, without man and without animal,” that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are ^(M)deserted, without man and without inhabitant and without animal, ¹¹ the voice of ^(N)joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say,

as they bring a ^(P)thanksgiving offering into the house of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the Lord.