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16 You will increase in numbers,
    and there will be no need
to remember the sacred chest
    or to make a new one.[a]
17 The whole city of Jerusalem
    will be my throne.[b]
All nations will come here
    to worship me,
and they will no longer follow
    their stubborn, evil hearts.
18 Then, in countries to the north,
you people of Judah and Israel
    will be reunited,
and you will return to the land
    I gave your ancestors.

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Footnotes

  1. 3.16 make a new one: The sacred chest was probably destroyed or taken away by the Babylonians when they captured Jerusalem in 586 b.c.
  2. 3.16,17 sacred chest … throne: The sacred chest was thought to be God's throne on earth.

16 In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord, “people will no longer say, ‘The ark(A) of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered;(B) it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. 17 At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne(C) of the Lord, and all nations(D) will gather in Jerusalem to honor(E) the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.(F) 18 In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel,(G) and together(H) they will come from a northern(I) land to the land(J) I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.

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