Ezekiel 36:33-35
36:33 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will populate the cities and the ruins will be rebuilt.
36:34 The desolate land will be plowed, instead of being desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.
36:35 They will say, “This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; the ruined, desolate, and destroyed cities are now fortified and inhabited.”
Jeremiah 32:43-44
32:43 You and your people
are saying that this land will become desolate, uninhabited by either people or animals. You are saying that it will be handed over to the Babylonians.
But fields
will again be bought in this land.
32:44 Fields will again be bought with silver, and deeds of purchase signed, sealed, and witnessed. This will happen in the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, the towns in Judah, the southern hill country, the western foothills, and southern Judah.
For I will restore them to their land.
I, the
Lord, affirm it!’”
Jeremiah 33:12-13
33:12 “I, the Lord who rules over all, say: ‘This place will indeed lie in ruins. There will be no people or animals in it. But there will again be in it and in its towns sheepfolds where shepherds can rest their sheep.
33:13 I, the Lord, say that shepherds will once again count their sheep as they pass into the fold. They will do this in all the towns in the southern hill country, the western foothills, the southern hill country, the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, and the towns of Judah.’
Zechariah 1:12
1:12 The angel of the
Lord then asked, “
Lord who rules over all,
how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem
and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?”
Zechariah 1:17
1:17 Speak up again with the message of the
Lord who rules over all: ‘My cities will once more overflow with prosperity, and once more the
Lord will comfort Zion and validate his choice of Jerusalem.’”