bes - Jeremiah:38:1-13

bes@Jeremiah:38:1 @ At that time, saith the Lord, (note:)2 Co strkjv@6:17, 18(:note) I will be a God to the family of Israel, and they shall be to me a people.

bes@Jeremiah:38:2 @ Thus saith the Lord, I found him (note:)q. d. still living(:note) warm in the wilderness with them that were slain with the sword: go ye and destroy not Israel.

bes@Jeremiah:38:3 @ The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore have I drawn thee in compassion.

bes@Jeremiah:38:4 @ For I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt yet take thy timbrel, and go forth with the party of them that make merry.

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bes@Jeremiah:38:6 @ For it is a day when those that plead on the mountains of Ephraim shall call, saying, Arise ye, and go up to Sion to the Lord your God.

bes@Jeremiah:38:7 @ For thus saith the Lord to Jacob; Rejoice ye, and exult over the head of the nations: make proclamation, and praise ye: say, The Lord has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel.

bes@Jeremiah:38:8 @ Behold, I bring them from the north, and will gather them from the end of the earth to the feast of the passover: and the people shall beget a great multitude, and they shall return hither.

bes@Jeremiah:38:9 @ They went forth with weeping, and I will bring them back with consolation, causing them to lodge by the channels of waters in a straight way, and they shall not err in it: for (note:)2 Co strkjv@6:17, 18(:note) I am become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.

bes@Jeremiah:38:10 @ Hear the words of the Lord, ye nations, and proclaim them to the islands afar off; say, He that scattered Israel will also gather him, and keep him as one that feeds his flock.

bes@Jeremiah:38:11 @ For the Lord has ransomed Jacob, he has rescued him out of the hand of them that were stronger than he.

bes@Jeremiah:38:12 @ And they shall come, and shall rejoice in the mount of Sion, and shall come to the good things of the Lord, even to a land of corn, and wine, and fruits, and cattle, and sheep: and their soul shall be as a fruitful tree; and they shall hunger no more.

bes@Jeremiah:38:13 @ Then shall the virgins rejoice in the assembly of youth, and the old men shall rejoice; and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will make them merry.