9. I am concerned about you. I will look on you with favor. Farmers will plow your ground. They will plant seeds in it.
10. " ' "I will multiply the number of people who live in Israel. The towns will no longer be empty. Their broken-down houses will be rebuilt.
11. I will increase the number of your people and animals. They will have many babies. I will settle people in your towns, just as I did in the past. I will help you succeed more than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
12. " ' "I will let my people Israel walk there again. They will possess you. They will receive you as their own. You will never take their children away from them again." ' "
13. The Lord and King says, "People say to you mountains, 'You destroy people. You let your nation's children be taken away.'
14. But I will not let you destroy people anymore. I will no longer let your nation's children be taken away," announces the Lord and King.