Jeremiah 33:9-14

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⁹ Then this city will bring me renown,^(A) joy, praise^(B) and honor^(C) before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble^(D) at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.’

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

For I will restore the fortunes^(K) of the land as they were before,^(L)’ says the Lord.

¹² “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In this place, desolate^(M) and without people or animals^(N)—in all its towns there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.^{(O) 13} In the towns of the hill^(P) country, of the western foothills and of the Negev,^(Q) in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hand^(R) of the one who counts them,’ says the Lord.

¹⁴ “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise^(S) I made to the people of Israel and Judah.