21. ‘Set up road signs;put up guideposts.Take note of the highway,the road that you take.Return, Virgin Israel,return to your towns.
22. How long will you wander,unfaithful Daughter Israel?The Lord will create a new thing on earth –the woman will return to the man.’
23. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘When I bring them back from captivity, the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: “The Lord bless you, you prosperous city, you sacred mountain.”
24. People will live together in Judah and all its towns – farmers and those who move about with their flocks.
25. I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.’
26. At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.
27. ‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals.