¹² “But when the seventy years^(A) are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon^(B) and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,^[a] for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate^(C) forever. ¹³ I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written^(D) in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations.

¹⁰ “This is what the Lord says: ‘You say about this place, “It is a desolate waste, without people or animals.”^(A) Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted,^(B) inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more ¹¹ the sounds of joy and gladness,^(C) the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings^(D) to the house of the Lord, saying,

For I will restore the fortunes^(G) of the land as they were before,^(H)’ says the Lord.

¹⁴ “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise^(A) I made to the people of Israel and Judah.