³ then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes^[a](A) and have compassion^(B) on you and gather^(C) you again from all the nations where he scattered^(D) you.^(E)

²³ This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity,^[a](A) the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: ‘The Lord bless^(B) you, you prosperous city,^(C) you sacred mountain.’^(D)

⁴² “This is what the Lord says: As I have brought all this great calamity^(A) on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised^(B) them. ⁴³ Once more fields will be bought^(C) in this land of which you say, ‘It is a desolate^(D) waste, without people or animals, for it has been given into the hands of the Babylonians.’ ⁴⁴ Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds^(E) will be signed, sealed and witnessed^(F) in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev,^(G) because I will restore^(H) their fortunes,^[a] declares the Lord.”