5. ‘Some people will come to fight against the Babylonians. They will fill these houses with the bodies of people I killed in my hot anger. I have turned away from this city because of all the evil its people have done.
6. “ ‘But then I will bring health and healing to the people there. I will heal them and let them enjoy great peace and safety.
7. I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity and make them strong countries as in the past.
8. They sinned against me, but I will wash away that sin. They did evil and turned away from me, but I will forgive them.
9. Then “Jerusalem” will be to me a name that brings joy! And people from all nations of the earth will praise it when they hear about the good things I am doing there. They will be surprised and shocked at all the good things and the peace I will bring to Jerusalem.’