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Jeremiah 31
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Israel’s Mourning Turned to Joy

31"At that time," declares the LORD, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people."H6256H5002H3068H430H4940H3478H5971 2Thus says the LORD, "The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness— Israel, when it went to find its rest."H559H3068H5971H8300H2719H4672H2580H4057H3478H1980H7280 3The LORD appeared to him from afar, [saying,] "I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.H3068H7200H7350H157H5769H160H2617H4900 4"Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you shall take up your tambourines, And go forth to the dances of the merrymakers.H1129H1129H1330H3478H5710H8596H3318H4234H7832 5"Again you shall plant vineyards On the hills of Samaria; The planters shall plant And shall enjoy [them.]H5193H3754H2022H8111H5193H5193H2490 6"For there shall be a day when watchmen On the hills of Ephraim shall call out, 'Arise, and let us go up [to] Zion, To the LORD our God.'"H3426H3117H5341H2022H669H7121H6965H5927H6726H3068H430 7For thus says the LORD, "Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chiefs of the nations; Proclaim, give praise, and say, ' O LORD, save Thy people, The remnant of Israel. 'H559H3068H7442H8057H3290H6670H7218H1471H8085H1984H559H3068H3467H5971H7611H3478 8"Behold, I am bringing them from the north country, And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together; A great company, they shall return here.H935H6828H776H6908H3411H776H5787H6455H2030H3205H3162H1419H6951H7725 9"With weeping they shall come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, On a straight path in which they shall not stumble; For I am a father to Israel, And Ephraim is My first-born."H935H1065H8469H2986H3212H5158H4325H3477H1870H3782H1H3478H669H1060 10Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, And declare in the coastlands afar off, And say, "He who scattered Israel will gather him, And keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock."H8085H1697H3068H1471H5046H339H4801H559H2219H3478H6908H8104H7462H5739 11For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, And redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.H3068H6299H3290H1350H3027H2389 12"And they shall come and shout for joy on the height of Zion, And they shall be radiant over the bounty of the LORD— Over the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, And over the young of the flock and the herd; And their life shall be like a watered garden, And they shall never languish again.H935H7442H4791H6726H5102H2898H3068H1715H8492H3323H1121H6629H1241H5315H7302H1588H1669H3254 13"Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old, together, For I will turn their mourning into joy, And will comfort them, and give them joy for their sorrow.H1330H8055H4234H970H2205H3162H2015H60H8342H5162H8055H3015 14"And I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness," declares the LORD.H7301H5315H3548H1880H5971H7646H2898H5002H3068 15Thus says the LORD, "A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation [ and] bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more."H559H3068H6963H8085H7414H5092H8563H1065H7354H1058H1121H3985H5162H1121 16Thus says the LORD, "Restrain your voice from weeping, And your eyes from tears; For your work shall be rewarded," declares the LORD, " And they shall return from the land of the enemy.H559H3068H4513H6963H1065H5869H1832H6468H3426H7939H5002H3068H7725H776H341 17"And there is hope for your future," declares the LORD, "And [your] children shall return to their own territory.H3426H8615H319H5002H3068H1121H7725H1366 18"I have surely heard Ephraim grieving, 'Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For Thou art the LORD my God.H8085H8085H669H5110H3256H3256H5695H3808H3925H7725H7725H3068H430 19'For after I turned back, I repented; And after I was instructed, I smote on [my] thigh; I was ashamed, and also humiliated, Because I bore the reproach of my youth.'H310H7725H5162H310H3045H5606H3409H954H3637H5375H2781H5271 20"Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly [still] remember him; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him," declares the LORD.H669H3357H1121H8191H3206H1767H1696H2142H2142H4578H1993H7355H7355H5002H3068 21"Set up for yourself roadmarks, Place for yourself guideposts; Direct your mind to the highway, The way by which you went. Return, O virgin of Israel, Return to these your cities.H5324H6725H7760H8564H7896H3820H4546H1870H1980H7725H1330H3478H7725H5892 22"How long will you go here and there, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth— A woman will encompass a man."H2559H7728H1323H3068H1254H2319H776H5347H5437H1397 23Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their fortunes, 'The LORD bless you, O abode of righteousness, O holy hill!'H559H3068H6635H430H3478H559H1697H776H3063H5892H7725H7622H3068H1288H5116H6664H2022H6944 24"And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.H3427H3063H5892H3162H406H5265H5739 25"For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes."H7301H5889H5315H4390H1669H5315 26At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.H6974H7200H8142H6149

A New Covenant

27"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.H3117H935H5002H3068H2232H1004H3478H1004H3063H2233H120H2233H929 28"And it will come about that as I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to overthrow, to destroy, and to bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," declares the LORD.H8245H5428H5422H2040H6H7489H8245H1129H5193H5002H3068 29"In those days they will not say again, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.'H3117H559H1H398H1155H1121H8127H6949 30"But everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.H376H4191H5771H120H398H1155H8127H6949 31"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,H3117H935H5002H3068H3772H2319H1285H1004H3478H1004H3063 32not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them, "declares the LORD.H1285H3772H1H3117H2388H3027H3318H776H4714H1285H6565H1166H5002H3068 33"But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD, "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.H1285H3772H1004H3478H310H3117H5002H3068H5414H8451H7130H3789H3820H430H5971 34"And they shall not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the LORD, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."H3925H376H7453H376H251H559H3045H3068H3045H6996H1419H5002H3068H5545H5771H2142H2403 35Thus says the LORD, Who gives the sun for light by day, And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is His name:H559H3068H5414H8121H216H3119H2708H3394H3556H216H3915H7280H3220H1530H1993H3068H6635H8034 36"If this fixed order departs From before Me," declares the LORD, " Then the offspring of Israel also shall cease From being a nation before Me forever. "H2706H4185H6440H5002H3068H2233H3478H7673H1471H6440H3117 37Thus says the LORD, "If the heavens above can be measured, And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel For all that they have done," declares the LORD.H559H3068H8064H4605H4058H4146H776H2713H4295H3988H2233H3478H6213H5002H3068 38"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the city shall be rebuilt for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.H3117H935H5002H3068H5892H1129H3068H4026H2606H8179H6438 39"And the measuring line shall go out farther straight ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah.H4060H6957H6961H3318H1389H1619H5437H1601 40"And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, or overthrown anymore forever."H6010H6297H1880H7709H8309H5158H6939H6438H5483H8179H4217H6944H3068H5428H2040H5769


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