إِرْمِيَا 32
| اَلْكَلِمَةُ ٱلَّتِي صَارَتْ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْعَاشِرَةِ لِصِدْقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، هِيَ ٱلسَّنَةُ ٱلثَّامِنَةُ عَشَرَةَ لِنَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ، | ١ 1 |
After Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost ten years, Yahweh gave me another message, during the time that Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling [Babylonia] for almost 18 years.
| وَكَانَ حِينَئِذٍ جَيْشُ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ يُحَاصِرُ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكَانَ إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ مَحْبُوسًا فِي دَارِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ٱلَّذِي فِي بَيْتِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، | ٢ 2 |
His army was surrounding Jerusalem, and I was in a prison area in the courtyard where the guards of the king’s palace stayed.
| لِأَنَّ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا حَبَسَهُ قَائِلًا: «لِمَاذَا تَنَبَّأْتَ قَائِلًا: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَدْفَعُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، فَيَأْخُذُهَا؟ | ٣ 3 |
King Zedekiah had put me there. I continued to prophesy there [about what would happen]. I continued to say, “Yahweh says that he is about to allow [the army of] the king of Babylon to capture this city [DOU].
| وَصِدْقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا لَا يُفْلِتُ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ بَلْ إِنَّمَا يُدْفَعُ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَيُكَلِّمُهُ فَمًا لِفَمٍ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَرَيَانِ عَيْنَيْهِ، | ٤ 4 |
And the soldiers of Babylonia will capture King Zedekiah and (take him to/put him in the hands of) the king of Babylon.
| وَيَسِيرُ بِصِدْقِيَّا إِلَى بَابِلَ فَيَكُونُ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى أَفْتَقِدَهُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. إِنْ حَارَبْتُمُ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ لَا تَنْجَحُونَ». | ٥ 5 |
Then his [soldiers] will take Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will remain there until I arrange for him to be punished. And if he tries to fight against the soldiers from Babylonia, he will not succeed.”
| فَقَالَ إِرْمِيَا: «كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ صَارَتْ إِلَيَّ قَائِلَةً: | ٦ 6 |
[At that time], Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
| هُوَذَا حَنَمْئِيلُ بْنُ شَلُّومَ عَمِّكَ يَأْتِي إِلَيْكَ قَائِلًا: ٱشْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ حَقْلِي ٱلَّذِي فِي عَنَاثُوثَ، لِأَنَّ لَكَ حَقَّ ٱلْفِكَاكِ لِلشِّرَاءِ». | ٧ 7 |
“[Your cousin] Hanamel, the son of Shallum [your uncle], will come to you. He will say to you, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth, [your hometown]. [Because you are my closest relative], [it is written in our laws that] you have the right to buy it [before I ask if anyone else wants to buy it].’”
| فَجَاءَ إِلَيَّ حَنَمْئِيلُ ٱبْنُ عَمِّي حَسَبَ كَلِمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى دَارِ ٱلسِّجْنِ، وَقَالَ لِي: «ٱشْتَرِ حَقْلِي ٱلَّذِي فِي عَنَاثُوثَ ٱلَّذِي فِي أَرْضِ بِنْيَامِينَ، لِأَنَّ لَكَ حَقَّ ٱلْإِرْثِ، وَلَكَ ٱلْفِكَاكُ. ٱشْتَرِهِ لِنَفْسِكَ». فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهَا كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٨ 8 |
And just as Yahweh had predicted, my cousin Hanamel came to see me in the courtyard of the palace. He said, “[Please] buy my field at Anathoth in the area [where the descendants of] Benjamin live. It is written in our laws that you have the right to buy it [before I ask if anyone else wants to buy it.]” When he said that, I knew that the message that I had received was [truly] from Yahweh.
| فَٱشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْ حَنَمْئِيلَ ٱبْنِ عَمِّي ٱلْحَقْلَ ٱلَّذِي فِي عَنَاثُوثَ، وَوَزَنْتُ لَهُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ، سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَاقِلًا مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ. | ٩ 9 |
[So], I bought the field at Anathoth. I paid Hanamel 17 pieces of silver for it.
| وَكَتَبْتُهُ فِي صَكٍّ وَخَتَمْتُ وَأَشْهَدْتُ شُهُودًا، وَوَزَنْتُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ بِمَوَازِينَ. | ١٠ 10 |
I signed the paper/papyrus on which it was written that I was buying it, while others were watching/witnessing it. Then I weighed the silver [and gave it to him].
| وَأَخَذْتُ صَكَّ ٱلشِّرَاءِ ٱلْمَخْتُومَ حَسَبَ ٱلْوَصِيَّةِ وَٱلْفَرِيضَةِ وَٱلْمَفْتُوحَ. | ١١ 11 |
Then I took two copies of the paper/papyrus. One was sealed and the other was not sealed. On both of them was written the price and conditions of the purchase. I took both copies
| وَسَلَّمْتُ صَكَّ ٱلشِّرَاءِ لِبَارُوخَ بْنِ نِيرِيَّا بْنِ مَحْسِيَا أَمَامَ حَنَمْئِيلَ ٱبْنِ عَمِّي، وَأَمَامَ ٱلشُّهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَمْضَوْا صَكَّ ٱلشِّرَاءِ أَمَامَ كُلِّ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلْجَالِسِينَ فِي دَارِ ٱلسِّجْنِ. | ١٢ 12 |
and I gave them to Baruch, who was the son of Neraiah and the grandson of Mahseiah. I did this while my cousin Hanamel, the [other] witnesses who had signed the paper/papyrus, and other men of Judah who were there in the courtyard, were watching.
| وَأَوْصَيْتُ بَارُوخَ أَمَامَهُمْ قَائِلًا: | ١٣ 13 |
[Then], while they were [all] listening, I said to Baruch,
| «هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: خُذْ هَذَيْنِ ٱلصَّكَّيْنِ، صَكَّ ٱلشِّرَاءِ هَذَا ٱلْمَخْتُومَ، وَٱلصَّكَّ ٱلْمَفْتُوحَ هَذَا، وَٱجْعَلْهُمَا فِي إِنَاءٍ مِنْ خَزَفٍ لِكَيْ يَبْقَيَا أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً. | ١٤ 14 |
“This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: ‘Take both copies of this paper/papyrus and put them in a clay jar, to preserve them for a long time.
| لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: سَيَشْتَرُونَ بَعْدُ بُيُوتًا وَحُقُولًا وَكُرُومًا فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ». | ١٥ 15 |
[Do that] because this is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [worship], say: “[Some day people will again own property] in this land, and they will buy and sell houses and vineyards and fields.’”
| ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ بَعْدَ تَسْلِيمِ صَكِّ ٱلشِّرَاءِ لِبَارُوخَ بْنِ نِيرِيَّا قَائِلًا: | ١٦ 16 |
After I had given the papers/papyri to Baruch, I prayed to Yahweh, saying this:
| «آهِ، أَيُّهَا ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ، هَا إِنَّكَ قَدْ صَنَعْتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِقُوَّتِكَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ، وَبِذِرَاعِكَ ٱلْمَمْدُودَةِ. لَا يَعْسُرُ عَلَيْكَ شَيْءٌ. | ١٧ 17 |
“Yahweh, [you are my] Lord! You made the sky and the earth by your very great power. [MTY, DOU] Nothing is too difficult for you [to do].
| صَانِعُ ٱلْإِحْسَانِ لِأُلُوفٍ، وَمُجَازِي ذَنْبِ ٱلْآبَاءِ فِي حِضْنِ بَنِيهِمْ بَعْدَهُمُ، ٱلْإِلَهُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ٱلْجَبَّارُ، رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ ٱسْمُهُ. | ١٨ 18 |
You show thousands of people that you faithfully love them, but you punish people for the sins that their parents have committed. [You are the] great and powerful God, the Commander of the armies of angels.
| عَظِيمٌ فِي ٱلْمَشُورَةِ، وَقَادِرٌ فِي ٱلْعَمَلِ، ٱلَّذِي عَيْنَاكَ مَفْتُوحَتَانِ عَلَى كُلِّ طُرُقِ بَنِي آدَمَ لِتُعْطِيَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ طُرُقِهِ، وَحَسَبَ ثَمَرِ أَعْمَالِهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
You make wise plans and you do mighty deeds. You see how all people behave [DOU], and you do to them what they deserve.
| ٱلَّذِي جَعَلْتَ آيَاتٍ وَعَجَائِبَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَفِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفِي ٱلنَّاسِ، وَجَعَلْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ ٱسْمًا كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، | ٢٠ 20 |
You performed many miracles [DOU] in Egypt, and you continue [to perform miracles here] in Israel and everywhere else in the world. [Because of that], you have (become very famous/caused many people to know that you are very great/powerful).
| وَأَخْرَجْتَ شَعْبَكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ بِآيَاتٍ وَعَجَائِبَ، وَبِيَدٍ شَدِيدَةٍ وَذِرَاعٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ وَمَخَافَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، | ٢١ 21 |
You brought our Israeli ancestors out of Egypt by performing many great miracles [DOU], using your very great power [DOU], causing [our enemies to be] terrified.
| وَأَعْطَيْتَهُمْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي حَلَفْتَ لِآبَائِهِمْ أَنْ تُعْطِيَهُمْ إِيَّاهَا، أَرْضًا تَفِيضُ لَبَنًا وَعَسَلًا. | ٢٢ 22 |
You gave to us Israeli people this land that you solemnly promised to give to our ancestors, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
| فَأَتَوْا وَٱمْتَلَكُوهَا، وَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِكَ، وَلَا سَارُوا فِي شَرِيعَتِكَ. كُلُّ مَا أَوْصَيْتَهُمْ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوهُ لَمْ يَعْمَلُوهُ، فَأَوْقَعْتَ بِهِمْ كُلَّ هَذَا ٱلشَّرِّ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Our ancestors came here and conquered this land and started to live in it, but they refused to obey you or to do what you commanded them to do. Because of that, you have caused us to experience all these disasters.
| هَا ٱلْمَتَارِسُ! قَدْ أَتَوْا إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِيَأْخُذُوهَا، وَقَدْ دُفِعَتِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ لِيَدِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَهَا بِسَبَبِ ٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ، وَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ بِهِ فَقَدْ حَدَثَ، وَهَا أَنْتَ نَاظِرٌ. | ٢٤ 24 |
And now, [the army] of Babylonia has built ramps up against our city [walls] in order to attack our city. Because of [our enemies’] swords and because of famines and diseases, they will be able to conquer it [easily]. The things that you said would happen have [now] happened.
| وَقَدْ قُلْتَ أَنْتَ لِي أَيُّهَا ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱشْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْحَقْلَ بِفِضَّةٍ وَأَشْهِدْ شُهُودًا، وَقَدْ دُفِعَتِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ لِيَدِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ». | ٢٥ 25 |
[And it is evident that] the Babylonian army will soon conquer this city. So now, Yahweh my Lord, [I do not understand] why you told me to buy this field with my silver, while others were watching. [It seems that I have just been wasting my money by doing that]!”
| ثُمَّ صَارَتْ كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا قَائِلَةً: | ٢٦ 26 |
[Then] Yahweh gave me this message:
| «هَأَنَذَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ كُلِّ ذِي جَسَدٍ. هَلْ يَعْسُرُ عَلَيَّ أَمْرٌ مَّا؟ | ٢٧ 27 |
“I am Yahweh, the God [who rules] all the people [in the world]. There is absolutely nothing [RHQ] that is too difficult for me [to do].
| لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَدْفَعُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ لِيَدِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ وَلِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فَيَأْخُذُهَا. | ٢٨ 28 |
So, this is what I say: [It is true that] I will enable the Babylonian army and King Nebuchadnezzar to capture this city.
| فَيَأْتِي ٱلْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ، فَيُشْعِلُونَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ بِٱلنَّارِ، وَيُحْرِقُونَهَا وَٱلْبُيُوتَ ٱلَّتِي بَخَّرُوا عَلَى سُطُوحِهَا لِلْبَعْلِ وَسَكَبُوا سَكَائِبَ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لِيُغِيظُونِي. | ٢٩ 29 |
The soldiers of Babylonia who are [now outside the walls] around the city will enter and burn this city. They will burn down [all] the houses where people caused me to become angry by burning incense on [the tops of] their roofs to [honor] Baal and by pouring out offerings of wine to other gods.
| لِأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَنِي يَهُوذَا إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيَّ مُنْذُ صِبَاهُمْ. لِأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِنَّمَا أَغَاظُونِي بِعَمَلِ أَيْدِيهِمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. | ٣٠ 30 |
The people of Israel and Judah have continually done only evil things from the time that they became a nation. They have caused me to become very angry by all their evil deeds.
| لِأَنَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ قَدْ صَارَتْ لِي لِغَضَبِي وَلِغَيْظِي مِنَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ بَنَوْهَا إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، لِأَنْزِعَهَا مِنْ أَمَامِ وَجْهِي | ٣١ 31 |
From the time that this city was built until now, the people of this city have done [only] things that caused me to be very angry [DOU]. So [now] I will destroy it.
| مِنْ أَجْلِ كُلِّ شَرِّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَنِي يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِي عَمِلُوهُ لِيُغِيظُونِي بِهِ، هُمْ وَمُلُوكُهُمْ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُمْ وَكَهَنَتُهُمْ وَأَنْبِيَاؤُهُمْ وَرِجَالُ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانُ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٣٢ 32 |
The people of Israel and Judah, [including] their kings, their officials, the priests, the [false] prophets, and all the other people in Jerusalem have committed many sins that have caused me to become angry.
| وَقَدْ حَوَّلُوا لِي ٱلْقَفَا لَا ٱلْوَجْهَ. وَقَدْ عَلَّمْتُهُمْ مُبَكِّرًا وَمُعَلِّمًا، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِيَقْبَلُوا أَدَبًا. | ٣٣ 33 |
My people have turned away from me and have refused to return to me. Even though I taught them things many times, they would not pay attention to what I taught them, and they would not obey me.
| بَلْ وَضَعُوا مَكْرُهَاتِهِمْ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِي دُعِيَ بِٱسْمِي، لِيُنَجِّسُوهُ. | ٣٤ 34 |
They have set up their detestable idols [even] in my own [MTY] temple and (defiled it/caused it to become a place that is unacceptable for people to worship me).
| وَبَنَوْا ٱلْمُرْتَفِعَاتِ لِلْبَعْلِ ٱلَّتِي فِي وَادِي ٱبْنِ هِنُّومَ، لِيُجِيزُوا بَنِيهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ فِي ٱلنَّارِ لِمُولَكَ، ٱلْأَمْرَ ٱلَّذِي لَمْ أُوصِهِمْ بِهِ، وَلَا صَعِدَ عَلَى قَلْبِي، لِيَعْمَلُوا هَذَا ٱلرِّجْسَ، لِيَجْعَلُوا يَهُوذَا يُخْطِئُ. | ٣٥ 35 |
They have built shrines to [honor] Baal in Ben-Hinnom Valley [outside Jerusalem], and there they sacrifice their sons and daughters to [their god] Molech. I never commanded them to do such horrible things. I never even thought that anyone might do such a terrible thing. And by doing it they have caused [all the people of] Judah to [be guilty of having] sinned.”
| «وَٱلْآنَ لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَقُولُونَ إِنَّهَا قَدْ دُفِعَتْ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ: | ٣٦ 36 |
“But now [I will say something more] about this city. You [people of Jerusalem] have been saying, ‘[The army of] the King of Babylon will conquer it, either by their swords or because of famines or diseases.’ But this is what [I], Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people [say you belong to], say:
| هَأَنَذَا أَجْمَعُهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرَاضِي ٱلَّتِي طَرَدْتُهُمْ إِلَيْهَا بِغَضَبِي وَغَيْظِي وَبِسُخْطٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ، وَأُسَكِّنُهُمْ آمِنِينَ. | ٣٧ 37 |
‘I will certainly bring my people back here again, from all the countries to which I will force them to go because I am extremely angry [DOU] with them. I will bring them back to this city and allow them to live here safely.
| وَيَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْبًا وَأَنَا أَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهًا. | ٣٨ 38 |
They will be my people, and I will be their God.
| وَأُعْطِيهِمْ قَلْبًا وَاحِدًا وَطَرِيقًا وَاحِدًا لِيَخَافُونِي كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، لِخَيْرِهِمْ وَخَيْرِ أَوْلَادِهِمْ بَعْدَهُمْ. | ٣٩ 39 |
I will cause them to have one way of thinking [IDM] and behaving, in order that they may revere me, for their good and for the good of their descendants.
| وَأَقْطَعُ لَهُمْ عَهْدًا أَبَدِيًّا أَنِّي لَا أَرْجِعُ عَنْهُمْ لِأُحْسِنَ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَأَجْعَلُ مَخَافَتِي فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يَحِيدُونَ عَنِّي. | ٤٠ 40 |
I will make an agreement with them that will last forever: I will never stop doing good things for them, and I will encourage them to revere me and never turn away from me.
| وَأَفْرَحُ بِهِمْ لِأُحْسِنَ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَأَغْرِسَهُمْ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ بِٱلْأَمَانَةِ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِي وَبِكُلِّ نَفْسِي. | ٤١ 41 |
I will be happy to do good things for them, and I will surely enable them to return to this land and remain here [MET]; I will do that with all my inner being and all my strength.’
| لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: كَمَا جَلَبْتُ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ كُلَّ هَذَا ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلْعَظِيمِ، هَكَذَا أَجْلِبُ أَنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ. | ٤٢ 42 |
And this is [also] what [I], Yahweh, say: ‘I have caused them to experience all these disasters. Similarly, [some day] I will do for them all the good things that I have promised.
| فَتُشْتَرَى ٱلْحُقُولُ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي تَقُولُونَ إِنَّهَا خَرِبَةٌ بِلَا إِنْسَانٍ وَبِلَا حَيَوَانٍ، وَقَدْ دُفِعَتْ لِيَدِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ. | ٤٣ 43 |
[By buying land you, Jeremiah, have predicted that some day] people will buy and sell fields in this land about which you [people of Jerusalem] now say, “The Babylonian soldiers have destroyed it. It is [now] desolate. [It is a land where] there are no longer any people or animals.”
| يَشْتَرُونَ ٱلْحُقُولَ بِفِضَّةٍ، وَيَكْتُبُونَ ذَلِكَ فِي صُكُوكٍ، وَيَخْتِمُونَ وَيُشْهِدُونَ شُهُودًا فِي أَرْضِ بِنْيَامِينَ وَحَوَالَيْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَفِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَمُدُنِ ٱلْجَبَلِ وَمُدُنِ ٱلسَّهْلِ وَمُدُنِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ، لِأَنِّي أَرُدُّ سَبْيَهُمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ». | ٤٤ 44 |
[But some day] people will [again] buy [and sell] fields here. People will sign documents [about buying those fields], and [other people] will witness them doing that. [That will happen] in the land where [the descendants of] Benjamin live and [here] in the villages near Jerusalem, in [other] towns in Judah, in the hilly areas and in the foothills [to the west], and in the southern desert area, [too. Some day] I will cause them to prosper again. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
