In the past I saw to it that they were uprooted and torn down, that they were destroyed and demolished. But now I will see to it that they are built up and firmly planted.<n id="1" /> I, the <sc>Lordsc>, affirm it!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Then the nations which remain around you will know that I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have rebuilt the ruins and replanted what was desolate. I, the <sc>Lordsc>, have spoken &#8211; and I will do it!&#8217;p>

He will pitch his royal tents between the seas<n id="1" /> toward the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, with no one to help him.p>

<p class="poetry">I will plant them on their landp> <p class="poetry">and they will never again be uprooted from the<n id="1" /> land I have given them,&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">says the <sc>Lordsc> your God.p>

<p class="poetry">Their wealth will be stolenp> <p class="poetry">and their houses ruined!p> <p class="poetry">They will not live in the houses they have built,p> <p class="poetry">nor will they drink the wine from the vineyards they have planted.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree,<n id="1" /> you must consider its fruit to be forbidden.<n id="2" /> Three years it will be forbidden to you;<n id="3" /> it must not be eaten.

houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant &#8211; and you eat your fill,

I gave you a land in<n id="1" /> which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of<n id="2" /> vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">For though I, the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all,<n id="1" /> planted you in the land,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I now decree that disaster will come on you<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">because the nations of Israel and Judah have done evilp> <p class="poetry">and have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one.<n id="1" /> Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will<n id="2" /> live a long time in the land that you wander about on.&#8217;<n id="3" />

&#8216;If you will just stay<n id="1" /> in this land, I will build you up. I will not tear you down. I will firmly plant you.<n id="2" /> I will not uproot you. For I am filled with sorrow because of the disaster that I have brought on you.

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> told Jeremiah,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Tell Baruch,<n id="2" /> &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8220;I am about to tear down what I have built and to uproot what I have planted. I will do this throughout the whole earth.<n id="3" />

They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely<n id="1" /> when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc> their God.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and exact a grain tax from them,p> <p class="poetry">you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone,p> <p class="poetry">nor will you drink the wine from the fine<n id="2" /> vineyards you planted.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will bring back my people, Israel;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they will rebuild the cities lying in rubble<n id="2" /> and settle down.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">they will grow orchards<n id="5" /> and eat the fruit they produce.<n id="6" />p>