28 “And just as I watched over them to uproot, to pull down, to tear down, to destroy, and to do harm,+ so I will watch over them to build up and to plant,”+ declares Jehovah.

42 “For this is what Jehovah says, ‘Just as I have brought on this people all this great calamity, so I will bring on them all the goodness* that I am promising them.+