The Restoration of Judah

23 Thus saith Jehovah of Hosts:

Once more shall this speech be used

In the land and the cities of Judah,

When I have restored their fortunes:

"Jehovah grant thee His blessing,

Thou sacred Mountain, where righteousness dwelleth."

24 Yea, Judah shall dwell therein,

And all her cities together–

The men that plough the land,

And the shepherds that wander with flocks.

25 For the weary soul I refresh,

And each soul that doth pine I replenish.

26 Thereupon I awoke and gazed,

For my sleep had been sweet unto me.

27 Behold, saith Jehovah, the days are coming,

When I will sow the households of Israel and Judah

With the seed of men and the seed of cattle.

28 And as once I was awakeful to pluck them up,

To break down, to afflict, overthrow and destroy them,

So now I will watch over them (once more,

But this time) to build up and to plant, saith Jehovah.

29 In those days men shall say no more,

"The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

And the children’s teeth are on edge;"

30 But each for his own sin shall die.

And the man that hath eaten sour grapes

Shall find his own teeth set on edge.