¹⁸ May it please you to prosper Zion,^(A)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.^(B)

⁸ In a surge of anger^(A)
    I hid^(B) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness^(C)
    I will have compassion^(D) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.^(E)

⁹ “To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.^(F)
So now I have sworn^(G) not to be angry^(H) with you,
    never to rebuke^(I) you again.
¹⁰ Though the mountains be shaken^(J)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love^(K) for you will not be shaken^(L)
    nor my covenant^(M) of peace^(N) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion^(O) on you.

⁴ They will rebuild the ancient ruins^(A)
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.