²¹ Get the watchman, provide teachers for thee: set thine heart upon the right way, that thou shouldest walk, and turn again, O thou daughter of Israel; turn again to these cities of thine. ²² How long wilt thou go astray, O thou shrinking daughter? For the LORD will work a new thing upon earth: A woman shall compass a man.

²³ For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: It will come thereto, that when I have brought Judah out of captivity, these words shall be heard in the land and in his cities, 'The LORD, which is the fair bridegroom of righteousness, make thee fruitful O thou holy hill!' ²⁴ And there shall dwell Judah, and all her cities, the shepherds and husbandmen: ²⁵ For I shall feed the hungry soul, and refresh all faint hearts."

²⁶ When I heard this, I came again to myself, and mused, like as I had been waked out of a sweet sleep.

²⁷ "Behold, sayeth the LORD, the days come, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with men and with cattle. ²⁸ Yea it shall come thereto, that like as I have gone about in times past to root them out, to scatter them, to break them down, to destroy them and chasten them: Even so will I also go diligently about, to build them up again, and to plant them, sayeth the LORD. ²⁹ Then shall it no more be said, 'The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'

³⁰ For every one shall die for his own misdeed, so that who so eateth a sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.