10 “This is what the Lord says: ‘You say about this place, “It is a desolate waste, without people or animals.”(A) Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted,(B) inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more 11 the sounds of joy and gladness,(C) the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings(D) to the house of the Lord, saying,

“Give thanks to the Lord Almighty,
    for the Lord is good;(E)
    his love endures forever.”(F)

For I will restore the fortunes(G) of the land as they were before,(H)’ says the Lord.

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

(D)Give thanks to the Lord of armies,
For the Lord is good,
For His mercy is everlasting,”

as they bring a (E)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.

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