¹⁶ In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord, “people will no longer say, ‘The ark^(A) of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered;^(B) it will not be missed, nor will another one be made.

¹⁷ At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne^(A) of the Lord, and all nations^(B) will gather in Jerusalem to honor^(C) the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.^(D)

²⁷ My dwelling place^(A) will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.^(B)

²⁸ Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy,^(A) when my sanctuary is among them forever.^(B)’”