¹⁶ In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord, “people will no longer say, ‘The ark^(A) of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered;^(B) it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. ¹⁷ At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne^(C) of the Lord, and all nations^(D) will gather in Jerusalem to honor^(E) the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.^{(F) 18} In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel,^(G) and together^(H) they will come from a northern^(I) land to the land^(J) I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.