3 Jehovah your God will then bring back your captives+ and show you mercy+ and regather you from all the peoples where Jehovah your God has scattered you.+

2 And these were the people of the province* who came up from the captives of the exile,+ those whom King Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar of Babylon had exiled to Babylon+ and who later returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city,+

6 I will keep my eye on them for their good, and I will cause them to return to this land.+ I will build them up, and I will not tear down; I will plant them, and I will not uproot.+