³ “I will gather the remnant of my flock from all the lands where I have banished them,^(A) and I will return them to their grazing land. They will become fruitful and numerous.^(B)

³⁵ They will say, “This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden.^(A) The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and demolished are now fortified and inhabited.” ³⁶ Then the nations that remain around you will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt what was demolished and have replanted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken and I will do it.^(B)

³⁷ “‘This is what the Lord God says: I will respond to the house of Israel and do this for them:^(C) I will multiply them in number like a flock.^{[a] 38} So the ruined cities will be filled with a flock of people, just as Jerusalem^(D) is filled with a flock of sheep for sacrifice^[b] during its appointed festivals. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”