Does a young woman forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.

In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord, “people will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made.

“I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number.

Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease.

From them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. I will add to their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I will bring them honor, and they will not be disdained.

There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred.

This is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;