“Now I want to say something more about this city. You have been saying, ‘It will fall to the king of Babylon through war, famine , and disease. But this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘I will certainly bring My people back again from all the countries where I will scatter them in My fury. I will bring them back to this very city and let them live in peace and safety. They will be My people, and I will be their God. And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship Me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship Me, and they will never leave Me. I will find joy in doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land.'” (vv. 36-41, NLT)