"Thus saith the Lord the Maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is His name; Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; . . . Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against Me; and I will pardon all their iniquities. . . . And it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

Så siger Herren: På dette sted, som I siger er ødelagt, uden mennesker og kvæg, i Judas byer og på Jerusalems gader, ..... skal atter høres fryderåb og glædesråb, brudgoms røst og bruds røst, råb af folk, som siger: "Tak Hærskarers Herre; thi Herren er god, og hans miskundhed varer evindelig!" og som bringer takoffer til Herrens hus; thi jeg vender landets skæbne, så det bliver som tilforn, siger Herren.