37 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Once again I will yield to Israel’s plea(A) and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous as sheep,(B) 38 as numerous as the flocks for offerings(C) at Jerusalem during her appointed festivals. So will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(D)

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37 “‘This is what the Lord God says: I will respond to the house of Israel and do this for them:(A) I will multiply them in number like a flock.[a] 38 So the ruined cities will be filled with a flock of people, just as Jerusalem(B) is filled with a flock of sheep for sacrifice[b] during its appointed festivals. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 36:37 Lit flock of people
  2. 36:38 Lit as the consecrated flock, as the flock of Jerusalem