7 And ^aI will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return, and will rebuild those places ^bas at the first.  ‡

8 I will ^acleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me.  ‡

10 “Thus says the Lord: ‘Again there shall be heard in this place—^aof which you say, “It is desolate, without man and without beast”—in the cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast,  ‡

11 the ^avoice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say:
^b“Praise the Lord of hosts,
For the Lord is good,
For His mercy endures forever”— and of those who will bring ^cthe sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,’ says the Lord.  ‡