¹⁶ Therefore, thus says the Lord, ^(A)I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; ^(B)my house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and ^(C)the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.

^7 (A)From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. ^(B)Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. ^(C)But you say, ‘How shall we return?’