¹⁸ “This is what the Lord says:

²⁸ Just as I watched^(A) over them to uproot^(B) and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster,^(C) so I will watch over them to build and to plant,”^(D) declares the Lord.

²⁵ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather^(A) the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,^(B) I will be proved holy^(C) through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.^{(D) 26} They will live there in safety^(E) and will build houses and plant^(F) vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment^(G) on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.^(H)’”

¹³ I will bring them out from the nations and gather^(A) them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land.^(B) I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.^{(C) 14} I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel^(D) will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture^(E) on the mountains of Israel.^(F)