³⁶ “Now therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to this city about which you said, ‘It has been handed over to Babylon’s king through sword, famine, and plague’: ³⁷ I will certainly gather them from all the lands where I have banished them in my anger, fury, and intense wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them live in safety.^{(A) 38} They will be my people, and I will be their God.^{(B) 39} I will give them integrity of heart^(C) and action^[a] so that they will fear me always, for their good and for the good of their descendants after them.

⁴⁰ “I will make a permanent covenant with them:^(D) I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of me in their hearts so they will never again turn away from me.^{(E) 41} I will take delight in them to do what is good for them, and with all my heart and mind I will faithfully plant them in this land.^(F)