10 “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, “It is a awaste, without man and without beast,” that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are bdesolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast, 11 the voice of ajoy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say,
“bGive thanks to Yahweh of hosts,
For Yahweh is good,
For His lovingkindness endures forever”;
and of those who bring a cthank offering into the house of Yahweh. For I will 1return the 2fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says Yahweh. 12 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘There will again be in this place which is waste, awithout man or beast, and in all its cities, 1an abode of shepherds who cause their bflocks to lie down. 13 In the acities of the hill country, in the cities of the 1Shephelah, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the surroundings of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again bpass under the hands of the one who numbers them,’ says Yahweh.
The Righteous Branch of David
14 ‘Behold, adays are coming,’ declares Yahweh, ‘when I will bestablish the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.