The earth was made to be inhabited

18For thus says Yahweh, who created the heavens—he is God—who formed the earth and made it, he established it; he did not create it as a wasteland, but formed it to be inhabited: I am Yahweh, and there is no other.

19I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness, declaring what is upright.