10 ^{1 l}Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be ^mlike the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. ⁿAnd in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, ^o“Children² of the living God.”

9 For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown. 10 And I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. ^oThe cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt. 11 ^pAnd I will multiply on you man and beast, and they shall ^qmultiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.