Jeremiah 30:3Christian Standard Bible Anglicisedfor look, the days are coming’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘when I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord. ‘I will restore them to the land I gave to their ancestors and they will possess it.’ See the chapter |
Fields will be purchased, the transaction written on a scroll and sealed, and witnesses will be called on in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in Judah’s cities #– #the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, and the cities of the Negev #– #because I will restore their fortunes.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
In the second month of the second year after they arrived at God’s house in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers, including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began to build. They appointed the Levites who were twenty years old or more to supervise the work on the Lord’s house.