39. I will give them a single purpose in life. Then, they will always have respect for me. I will do it for their own good. And it will be for the good of their children after them.
40. "I will make a covenant with them that will last forever. I promise that I will never stop doing good to them. I will cause them to respect me. Then they will never turn away from me again.
41. I will take pleasure in doing good things for them. I will certainly plant them in this land. I will do those things with all my heart and soul."
42. The Lord says, "I have brought all of this horrible trouble on these people. But now I will give them all of the good things I have promised them.
43. "Once more fields will be bought in this land. It is the land about which you now say, 'It is a dry and empty desert. It doesn't have any people or animals in it. It has been handed over to the armies of Babylonia.'