Jeremiah 33:4-13

4For thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning the 1houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are broken down to make a defense against the 2siege ramps and against the sword, 5‘While they are coming to 3fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have 4hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness: 6Behold, I will bring to it 5health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an 6abundance of peace and truth. 7I will 7restore the 8fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and will 9rebuild them as they were at first. 8I will 10cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me. 911It will be to Me a 12name of joy, praise and glory before 13all the nations of the earth which will hear of all the 14good that I do for them, and they will 15fear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.’

10“Thus says the Lord, ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, “It is a 16waste, without man and without beast,” that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are 17desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast, 11the voice of 18joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, “19Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, For the Lord is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting”; and of those who bring a 20thank offering into the house of the Lord. For I will restore the 21fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the Lord.

12“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘There will again be in this place which is waste, 22without man or beast, and in all its cities, a 23habitation of shepherds who rest their 24flocks. 13In the 25cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again 26pass under the hands of the one who numbers them,’ says the Lord.