23 Yisrael’s god, Commander-in-chief Yahweh says this:

When I restore the prosperity of Yehudah and its cities,

again they’ll restore this saying,

‘May Yahweh bless you—

Yahweh who’s the repository of righteousness—

≈ mountain of holiness.’

24 Then Yehudah and all its cities will live in the land together—

farmers, and also shepherds who roam around with their flocks,

25 because I satisfy those who are weary,

≈ and I refresh everyone who’s become faint.

26 After that, I woke up and looked around,

and I’d had a good sleep.

27 Yahweh declares:

Listen, there’s a time coming when I’ll sow the Yisrael and Yehudah regions with the seeds of people and animals so they’ll multiply all around.

28 Just like how I supervised them to uproot and tear down,

and to overthrow and destroy and do harm,

now I’ll keep watch as they build and plant.

That is Yahweh’s declaration.

29 Then at that time, they’ll no longer say:

‘The parents ate sour grapes,

→ but it’s the teeth of the children that are set on edge.’[ref]

30 because everyone will die for their own disobedience,

i.e., whoever eats sour grapes will have their own teeth set on edge.

31 Listen, Yahweh declares that the time is coming when I’ll make a new agreement with the people of Yisrael and Yehudah.[ref] 32 It won’t be like the agreement that I made with their ancestors at the time when I took hold of their hand to bring them out from Egypt, when they broke my agreement even though I was a husband to them. That is Yahweh’s declaration. 33 Yes, Yahweh declares that this is the agreement that I’ll make with the Israeli people after that time: I’ll put my law inside them—writing it on their heart, and I will be their god, and they will be a people for me.[ref] 34 Then each man will no longer teach his neighbour or his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh’, because all of them will know me—from the smallest of them to the greatest, because I’ll forgive their disobedience, and I won’t remember their wickedness any longer.[ref]

35 Yahweh says this:

I’m the one who gives the sun for light during the day,

≈ and the moon and the stars for light at night.

He stirs up the ocean, so that its waves roar,

His name is Commander-in-chief Yahweh.

36 Yahweh declares that if these elements stopped working,

then Yisrael would also permanently cease to exist as a nation.

37 Yahweh says this:

If the skies above could be measured and be searched out,

as well as the foundations of the earth below,

then I would also reject all of Yisrael’s descendants

for everything that they’ve done.

That is Yahweh’s declaration.

38 Listen, Yahweh declares that the time is coming when the city will be rebuilt for Yahweh—from Hananel’s tower all the way to the Corner Gate. 39 After that, the measuring line will be stretched over Garev Hill and around to Goah. 40 Then all the valley of the corpses and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron brook, to the corner of the Horses Gate toward the east, will be holiness to Yahweh. It won’t be uprooted, and it’ll never be overthrown again.