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12 ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: In this desolate place – without people or animals – and in all its cities there will once more be a grazing land where shepherds may rest flocks.(A) 13 The flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them(B) in the cities of the hill country,(C) the cities of the Judean foothills, the cities of the Negev, the land of Benjamin – the areas around Jerusalem and in Judah’s cities, says the Lord.

God’s Covenant with David

14 ‘Look, the days are coming’ –
this is the Lord’s declaration –
‘when I will fulfil the good promise
that I have spoken
concerning the house of Israel
and the house of Judah.(D)

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