13. While I was still prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah suddenly died. Then I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign lord, are you going to kill everyone in Israel?”
14. Then this message came to me from the lord:
15. “Son of man, the people still left in Jerusalem are talking about you and your relatives and all the people of Israel who are in exile. They are saying, ‘Those people are far away from the lord, so now he has given their land to us!’
16. “Therefore, tell the exiles, ‘This is what the Sovereign lord says: Although I have scattered you in the countries of the world, I will be a sanctuary to you during your time in exile.
17. I, the Sovereign lord, will gather you back from the nations where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel once again.’