Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, ‘This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.’

The sovereign Lord says this, the one who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will still gather them up.”

Jerusalem will bring me joy, and my people will bring me happiness. The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow will never be heard in her again.

Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.

“So, once more I will state my case against you,” says the Lord. “I will also state it against your children and grandchildren.

“When that time comes, people will no longer say, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children’s teeth have grown numb.’

The boundary line will extend beyond that, straight west from there to the Hill of Gareb and then turn southward to Goah.

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

He said to me, “You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”

He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!”

For there will no longer be any false visions or flattering omens amidst the house of Israel.

I will exhaust my rage on you, and then my fury will turn from you. I will calm down and no longer be angry.

Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.

I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more! Though you are sought after, you will never be found again, declares the sovereign Lord.”

I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.”

For I will remove the names of the Baal idols from your lips, so that you will never again utter their names!”

“I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again as in the days of old.

Residents of Mareshah, a conqueror will attack you, the leaders of Israel shall flee to Adullam.

I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst; you will no longer worship what your own hands made.