And I will give them
one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever,
for the good of them, and of their children after them :
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them,
that I will not turn away from them, to do them good ;
but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall
not depart from me. Yea, I will rejoice over them to
do them good, and I will plant them in this land as-



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suredly with my whole heart, and with my whole soul"
(chap, xxxii. 37-41). So in the following chapter
(v. 7-14), " And I will cause the captivity of Judah,
and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build
them, as at the first. And I will cleanse them from all
their iniquity, whereby they have sinned, and whereby
they have transgressed against me. And it shall be to
me'a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all
the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good
that I do unto them : and they shall fear and tremble
for all the goodness, and all the prosperity, that I pro-
cure unto it. Thus saith the Lord, again there shall
be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate
without man, and without beast, even in the cities of
Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate,
without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice
of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride ; the
voice of them that shall say, praise the LORD of hosts :
for the Lord is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever :
and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise
into the house of the LORD. Thus saith the LORD
of hosts, again in this place, which is desolate, without
man, and without beast, and in all the cities thereof,
shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks
to lie down. 