23. The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says, “When I restore the people to their land, they will once again say in the land of Judah and in its towns,‘May the Lord bless the sacred hill of Jerusalem,the holy place where he lives.’
24. People will live in Judah and in all its towns, and there will be farmers, and shepherds with their flocks.
25. I will refresh those who are weary and will satisfy with food everyone who is weak from hunger.
26. So then, people will say, ‘I went to sleep and woke up refreshed.’
27. “I, the Lord, say that the time is coming when I will fill the land of Israel and Judah with people and animals.
28. And just as I took care to uproot, to pull down, to overthrow, to destroy, and to demolish them, so I will take care to plant them and to build them up.