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Jeremiah 31
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31"At that time," declares the Lord, "I'll be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people."H6256H5002H3068H430H4940H3478H5971

The Lord Promises Restoration

2This is what the Lord says: "The people who survived the sword, found favor in the desert while Israel was seeking rest.H559H3068H5971H8300H2719H4672H2580H4057H3478H1980H7280
3The Lord appeared to Israel from far away and said, "I've loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I've drawn you with gracious love.H3068H7200H7350H157H5769H160H2617H4900
4I'll again build you, and you will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel! You will again take up your tambourines and go out to dance with those who are filled with joy.H1129H1129H1330H3478H5710H8596H3318H4234H7832
5You will again plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria where planters had planted and defiled the fruit.H5193H3754H2022H8111H5193H5193H2490
6For there will be a day when the watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, 'Arise, let's go up to Zion to the Lord our God.'"H3426H3117H5341H2022H669H7121H6965H5927H6726H3068H430

The Blessings of Returning from Exile

7For this is what the Lord says: "Cry out with joy for Jacob and shout for the chief among the nations. Announce, give praise, and say, 'Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel.'H559H3068H7442H8057H3290H6670H7218H1471H8085H1984H559H3068H3467H5971H7611H3478
8Look, I'm bringing them from the northern region, and I'll gather them from the farthest parts of the earth. among them will be the blind and the lame, together with the pregnant woman and the woman in labor. A large group will return here.H935H6828H776H6908H3411H776H5787H6455H2030H3205H3162H1419H6951H7725
9They'll come crying, and I'll lead them as they pray for mercy. I'll make them walk by streams of water, along a straight path on which they won't stumble. For I am Israel's father, and Ephraim is my firstborn."H935H1065H8469H2986H3212H5158H4325H3477H1870H3782H1H3478H669H1060
10Nations, listen to the word of the Lord, and declare it in the distant coastlands. Say, "The one who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock."H8085H1697H3068H1471H5046H339H4801H559H2219H3478H6908H8104H7462H5739
11For the Lord will deliver Jacob and redeem him from the hand of one stronger than he.H3068H6299H3290H1350H3027H2389
12They'll come and cry out with joy on the heights of Zion. They'll be radiant over the Lord's goodness, over the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and over the young of the flocks and herds. Their lives will be like a well-watered garden. They'll never again grow faint.H935H7442H4791H6726H5102H2898H3068H1715H8492H3323H1121H6629H1241H5315H7302H1588H1669H3254
13The virgins will rejoice with dancing together with young men and old men. For I'll turn their mourning into joy, and I'll comfort them and give them gladness instead of sorrow.H1330H8055H4234H970H2205H3162H2015H60H8342H5162H8055H3015
14I'll give the priests abundant provisions, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness," declares the Lord.H7301H5315H3548H1880H5971H7646H2898H5002H3068

The End of Rachel’s Mourning

15This is what the Lord says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter crying. Rachel is crying, and she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no longer alive."H559H3068H6963H8085H7414H5092H8563H1065H7354H1058H1121H3985H5162H1121
16This is what the Lord says: "Restrain your voice from crying, and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work," declares the Lord. "They'll return from the enemy's land.H559H3068H4513H6963H1065H5869H1832H6468H3426H7939H5002H3068H7725H776H341
17There is hope for your future," declares the Lord. "Your children will return to their own territory."H3426H8615H319H5002H3068H1121H7725H1366

Ephraim’s Prayer and Confession

18"I've certainly heard Ephraim shuddering with grief as they said, 'You have disciplined me, and I'm disciplined like an untrained calf. Restore me, and let me return, for you are the Lord my God.H8085H8085H669H5110H3256H3256H5695H3808H3925H7725H7725H3068H430
19Indeed, after I turned away, then I repented. And after I came to understand, I slapped my forehead. I was both ashamed and humiliated because I bear the disgrace of my youth.'"H310H7725H5162H310H3045H5606H3409H954H3637H5375H2781H5271

God’s Gracious Response

20"Is Ephraim my dear son?Is he a darling child?Indeed, as often as I've spoken about him, I surely still remember him. Therefore I deeply yearn for him. I'll surely have great compassion on him," declares the Lord.H669H3357H1121H8191H3206H1767H1696H2142H2142H4578H1993H7355H7355H5002H3068
21Set up markers for yourselves. Erect signposts for yourselves. Pay attention to the highway, to the road you traveled. Return, virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.H5324H6725H7760H8564H7896H3820H4546H1870H1980H7725H1330H3478H7725H5892
22How long will you go this way and that, rebellious daughter?Indeed, the Lord will create a new thing on the earth; a woman will protect a man.H2559H7728H1323H3068H1254H2319H776H5347H5437H1397
23This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "They'll again speak this word in the land of Judah and its towns when I restore their fortunes, 'The Lord bless you, righteous dwelling, holy mountain.'H559H3068H6635H430H3478H559H1697H776H3063H5892H7725H7622H3068H1288H5116H6664H2022H6944
24Judah and all its towns will live together in the land, along with farmers and those who follow the flock.H3427H3063H5892H3162H406H5265H5739
25I'll provide abundance for those who are weary, and fill all who are faint."H7301H5889H5315H4390H1669H5315
26Then I awoke and looked around, and I had had a pleasant sleep.H6974H7200H8142H6149

Restoration and Responsibility

27"Look, days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I'll sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah using people and animals as seed.H3117H935H5002H3068H2232H1004H3478H1004H3063H2233H120H2233H929
28Just as I've watched over them to pull up, tear down, overthrow, destroy, and bring disaster, so I'll watch over them to build and to plant," declares the Lord.H8245H5428H5422H2040H6H7489H8245H1129H5193H5002H3068
29"In those days people will no longer say, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth have been set on edge.'H3117H559H1H398H1155H1121H8127H6949
30Instead, each person will die for his own iniquity. Everyone who eats sour grapes will have his own teeth set on edge."H376H4191H5771H120H398H1155H8127H6949

The New Covenant

31"Look, days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I'll make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.H3117H935H5002H3068H3772H2319H1285H1004H3478H1004H3063
32It won't be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. They broke my covenant, although I was a husband to them," declares the Lord.H1285H3772H1H3117H2388H3027H3318H776H4714H1285H6565H1166H5002H3068
33Rather, this is the covenant that I'll make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the Lord. "I'll put my Law within them and will write it on their hearts. I'll be their God and they will be my people.H1285H3772H1004H3478H310H3117H5002H3068H5414H8451H7130H3789H3820H430H5971
34No longer will a person teach his neighbor or his relative: 'Know the Lord.' Instead, they'll all know me, from the least to the greatest of them," declares the Lord. "Indeed, I'll forgive their iniquity, and I'll remember their sin no more."H3925H376H7453H376H251H559H3045H3068H3045H6996H1419H5002H3068H5545H5771H2142H2403
35This is what the Lord says, who gives the sun for light by day, the laws that govern the moon and stars for light by night, and who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. The Lord of the Heavenly Armies is his name:H559H3068H5414H8121H216H3119H2708H3394H3556H216H3915H7280H3220H1530H1993H3068H6635H8034
36"If these laws cease to function in my presence," declares the Lord, "then the descendants of Israel will cease to be a nation in my presence for all time!"H2706H4185H6440H5002H3068H2233H3478H7673H1471H6440H3117
37This is what the Lord says: "If the heavens could be measured above, or the foundations of the earth be searched out below, then I also would reject all the descendants of Israel because of everything they have done," declares the Lord.H559H3068H8064H4605H4058H4146H776H2713H4295H3988H2233H3478H6213H5002H3068
38"Look, days are coming," declares the Lord, "when the city of the Lord will be rebuilt from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.H3117H935H5002H3068H5892H1129H3068H4026H2606H8179H6438
39A measuring line will go straight out from there to the hill of Gareb, and then it will turn to Goath.H4060H6957H6961H3318H1389H1619H5437H1601
40The whole valley of dead bodies and ashes and all the fields as far as the Brook Kidron to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east will be holy to the Lord. It won't be uprooted or overthrown again, forever."H6010H6297H1880H7709H8309H5158H6939H6438H5483H8179H4217H6944H3068H5428H2040H5769


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