11. the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, ‘Give thanks to the Lord of Hosts, for the Lord is good, for his loving kindness endures forever;’ who bring thanksgiving into the Lord’s house. For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed as at the first,” says the Lord.
12. the Lord of Hosts says: “Yet again there will be in this place, which is waste, without man and without animal, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
13. In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of him who counts them,” says the Lord.
14. “Behold, the days come,” says the Lord, “that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.
15. “In those days and at that time,I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David.He will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
16. In those days Judah will be saved,and Jerusalem will dwell safely.This is the name by which she will be called:the Lord our righteousness.”
17. For the Lord says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.