¹¹ ·There will be [^L…the] sounds of joy and gladness and the happy sounds of brides and bridegrooms. There will be the sounds of people bringing to the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord their offerings of thanks to the Lord. They will say,

They will say this because I will ·again do good things for Judah [restore the fortunes of the land], as I did in the beginning,” says the Lord.

¹² This is what the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] says: “This place is ·empty [a ruin] now, without people or animals. But there will be shepherds in this place [^CJudah] and pastures where they let their flocks rest. ¹³ ·Shepherds will again count their sheep as the sheep walk in front of them [^LFlocks will again pass under the hand of those who count them]. They will count them in the mountains and in the ·western hills [^LShephelah], in ·southern Judah [^Lthe Negev] and the land of Benjamin, and around Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah!” says the Lord.