²⁵ Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

⁷ And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.