GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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39 I will give them the same attitude and the same purpose so that they will fear me as long as they live. This will be for their own good and for the good of their children.
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I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them.
40 I will make an eternal promise to them that I will never stop blessing them. I will make them fear me so that they will never turn away from me.
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I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.
41 I will enjoy blessing them. With all my heart and soul I will faithfully plant them in this land.
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I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul.
42 "This is what the LORD says: As I brought all these disasters on these people, so I will bring on them all these blessings that I have promised them.
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“This is what the LORD says: As I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised them.
43 You have said that this land is a wasteland, without people or animals living in it. You have also said that it has been handed over to the Babylonians. But people will once again buy fields in this land.
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Once more fields will be bought in this land of which you say, ‘It is a desolate waste, without people or animals, for it has been given into the hands of the Babylonians.’
44 They will buy fields for money, sign deeds, seal them, and have people witness the signing of the deeds. This will happen in the territory of Benjamin, in the region of Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities on the mountains, in the hill country, and in the Negev because I will bring them back from their captivity," declares the LORD.
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Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, because I will restore their fortunes, declares the LORD.”
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