^10 [a] Yet ^(A)the number of the children of Israel shall be ^(B)like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. ^(C)And ^(D)in the place where it was said to them, ^(E)“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, ^(F)“Children^[b] of ^(G)the living God.”

⁹ For ^(A)behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and ^(B)you shall be tilled and sown. ¹⁰ And ^(C)I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. ^(D)The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt. ¹¹ And I will multiply on you ^(E)man and beast, and ^(F)they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in ^(G)your former times, and ^(H)will do more good to you than ever before. ^(I)Then you will know that I am the Lord.