I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful.<n id="1" /> I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history.<n id="2" /> Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.

Understand that<n id="1" /> it is not for your sake I am about to act, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>. Be ashamed and embarrassed by your behavior, O house of Israel.p>

Like the sheep for offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem<n id="1" /> during her appointed feasts, so will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

I will put tendons<n id="1" /> on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath<n id="2" /> in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;p>

I will place my breath<n id="1" /> in you and you will live; I will give you rest in your own land. Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211; I have spoken and I will act, declares the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;p>

Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc> their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile<n id="1" /> any longer.

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">In the third year<n id="2" /> of King Belshazzar&#8217;s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">While I, Daniel, was watching the vision, I sought to understand it. Now one who appeared to be a man was standing before me.

<t /><p class="bodytext">While I was still speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my request before the <sc>LORDsc> my God concerning his holy mountain<n id="1" /> &#8211;

yes, while I was still praying,<n id="1" /> the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously<n id="2" /> in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness,<n id="3" /> around the time of the evening offering.

<p class="bodytext">I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river.<n id="1" />

Then I told her, &#8220;You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with<n id="1" /> another man, and I also will wait for you.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">You have destroyed<n id="1" /> my peoplep> <p class="poetry">by failing to acknowledge me!p> <p class="poetry">Because you refuse to acknowledge me,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will reject you as my priests.p> <p class="poetry">Because you reject<n id="3" /> the law of your God,p> <p class="poetry">I will reject<n id="4" /> your descendants.p>

<p class="poetry">I know Ephraim all too well;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the evil of<n id="2" /> Israel is not hidden from me.p> <p class="poetry">For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim;p> <p class="poetry">Israel has defiled itself.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will be convinced that I am in the midst of Israel.p> <p class="poetry">I am the <sc>Lordsc> your God; there is no other.p> <p class="poetry">My people will never again be put to shame.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">You will be convinced<n id="1" /> that I the <sc>Lordsc> am your God,p> <p class="poetry">dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain.p> <p class="poetry">Jerusalem<n id="2" /> will be holy &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">conquering armies<n id="3" /> will no longer pass through it.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;But surely I gave<n id="1" /> you no food to eat in any of your cities;p> <p class="poetry">you lacked food everywhere you live.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Still you did not come back to me.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is speaking!p>

He said to them, &#8220;I am a Hebrew! And I worship<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="2" /> the God of heaven,<n id="3" /> who made the sea and the dry land.&#8221;

He said to them, &#8220;Pick me up and throw me into the sea to make the sea quiet down,<n id="1" /> because I know it&#8217;s my fault you are in this severe storm.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then I asked one nearby, &#8220;What are these, sir?&#8221; The angelic messenger<n id="1" /> who replied to me said, &#8220;I will show you what these are.&#8221;