18. But be happy and rejoice forevermoreover what I am about to create!For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy,and her people to be a source of happiness.
19. Jerusalem will bring me joy,and my people will bring me happiness.The sound of weeping or cries of sorrowwill never be heard in her again.
20. Never again will one of her infants live just a few daysor an old man die before his time.Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred,anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.