¹⁶ “Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will return^(A) to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line^(B) will be stretched out over Jerusalem,’ declares the Lord Almighty.^(C)

¹⁷ “Proclaim further: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort^(D) Zion and choose^(E) Jerusalem.’”^(F)