34. They set up their disgusting idols in the temple that bears my name and violated it;
35. and they built shrines to Baal in the Ben-hinnon Valley, where they sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech, though I never commanded them—nor did it even cross my mind—that they should do such detestable things, leading Judah to sin.
36. You have been saying, "This city will be handed over to the king of Babylon through sword, famine, and disease." But this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:
37. I will gather them from all the countries where I have scattered them in my fierce anger and rage. I will bring them back to this place to live securely.
38. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
39. I will give them one heart and one mind so that they may worship me all the days of their lives, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
40. I will make an everlasting covenant with them, never to stop treating them graciously. I will put into their hearts a sense of awe for me so that they won’t turn away from me.
41. I will rejoice in treating them graciously, and I will plant them in this land faithfully and with all my heart and being.
42. The Lord proclaims: Just as I brought this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I promised them.