5 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. 6 I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. ^fI will ^gbuild them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not pluck them up. 7 ^hI will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord, and ⁱthey shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the ^mpeaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been ⁿtrained by it.