And I will set my eyes upon them to be pacified, and I will bring them again into this land. And I will build them up and not pull them down: and I will plant them and not pluck them up.
And the Lord said to him: I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, which thou hast made before me. I have sanctified this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there always.
But the eye of their God was upon the ancients of the Jews, and they could not hinder them. And it was agreed that the matter should be referred to Darius, and then they should give satisfaction concerning that accusation.
Till I come, and take you away to a land, like to your own land, a fruitful land, and plentiful in wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olives, and oil and honey; and you shall live, and not die. Hearken not to Ezechias, who deceiveth you, saying: The Lord will deliver us.