42 “For thus says the Lord: (A)Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them. 43 (B)Fields shall be bought in this land (C)of which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; (D)it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’ 44 Fields shall be bought for money, and (E)deeds shall be signed and (F)sealed and (G)witnessed, (H)in the land of Benjamin, (I)in the places about Jerusalem, (J)and in the cities of Judah, (K)in the cities of the hill country, (L)in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for (M)I will restore their fortunes, declares the Lord.”

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42 The Lord proclaims: Just as I brought this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I promised them. 43 Fields will be bought in this land, a land you have said is bleak and uninhabited and in the possession of the Babylonians. 44 Fields will be bought, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin and in the outlying areas of Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the highlands, in the towns of the western foothills and the arid southern plain; for I will bring them back from their captivity, declares the Lord.

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