cause

Zechariah 8:7, 8
This is what The LORD of Hosts says: "I will save My people from the land of the east and the land of the west. . . .

wastes

Ezekiel 36:10
I will multiply the people upon you with the whole house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

Isaiah 58:12
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of Streets of Dwelling.

Jeremiah 32:43
And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, 'It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been handed over to the Chaldeans.'

Jeremiah 33:10
This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted--inhabited by neither man nor beast--there will be heard again

Jeremiah 50:19, 20
I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead. . . .

Amos 9:14, 15
I will restore from captivity My people Israel; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities; they will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. . . .