^{18 Ref} Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I turn back `to' the captivity of the tents of Jacob, And his dwelling places I pity, And the city hath been built on its heap, And the palace according to its ordinance remaineth.

^{19 Ref} And gone forth from them hath thanksgiving, And the voice of playful ones, And I have multiplied them and they are not few, And made them honourable, and they are not small.

^{20 Ref} And his sons have been as aforetime, And his company before Me is established, And I have seen after all his oppressors.