²⁷ The Lord says this:

‘The time will come when I fill the lands of Israel and Judah with people and animals. ²⁸ In past time, I chose to pull them out of their land, like a plant with its roots. I knocked them down and I destroyed them. But now I will put them in their land again, like strong plants.’ That is what the Lord says.

²⁹ ‘When that happens, people will not say, “The fathers have eaten bitter fruit, but it causes their children's teeth to hurt.”^[a]