Jeremiah:31:1-33
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At the same time ,"
says the LORD , "
I will be the God of all the families of Israel ,
and they shall be My people ."
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Thus says the LORD : "
The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness --
Israel ,
when I went to give him rest ."
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The LORD has appeared of old to me ,
saying : "
Yes ,
I have loved you with an everlasting love ;
Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you .
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Again I will build you ,
and you shall be rebuilt ,
O virgin of Israel !
You shall again be adorned with your tambourines ,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice .
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You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria ;
The planters shall plant and eat them as ordinary food .
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For there shall be a day When the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim , "
Arise ,
and let us go up to Zion ,
To the LORD our God ."'
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For thus says the LORD : "
Sing with gladness for Jacob ,
And shout among the chief of the nations ;
Proclaim ,
give praise ,
and say , "
O LORD ,
save Your people ,
The remnant of Israel !'
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Behold ,
I will bring them from the north country ,
And gather them from the ends of the earth ,
Among them the blind and the lame ,
The woman with child And the one who labors with child ,
together ;
A great throng shall return there .
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They shall come with weeping ,
And with supplications I will lead them .
I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters ,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble ;
For I am a Father to Israel ,
And Ephraim is My firstborn .
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Hear the word of the LORD ,
O nations ,
And declare it in the isles afar off ,
and say , "
He who scattered Israel will gather him ,
And keep him as a shepherd does his flock .'
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For the LORD has redeemed Jacob ,
And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he .
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Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion ,
Streaming to the goodness of the LORD --
For wheat and new wine and oil ,
For the young of the flock and the herd ;
Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden ,
And they shall sorrow no more at all .
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Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance ,
And the young men and the old ,
together ;
For I will turn their mourning to joy ,
Will comfort them ,
And make them rejoice rather than sorrow .
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I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance ,
And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness ,
says the LORD ."
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Thus says the LORD : "
A voice was heard in Ramah ,
Lamentation and bitter weeping ,
Rachel weeping for her children ,
Refusing to be comforted for her children ,
Because they are no more ."
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Thus says the LORD : "
Refrain your voice from weeping ,
And your eyes from tears ;
For your work shall be rewarded ,
says the LORD ,
And they shall come back from the land of the enemy .
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There is hope in your future ,
says the LORD ,
That your children shall come back to their own border .
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I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself : "
You have chastised me ,
and I was chastised ,
Like an untrained bull ;
Restore me ,
and I will return ,
For You are the LORD my God .
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Surely ,
after my turning ,
I repented ;
And after I was instructed ,
I struck myself on the thigh ;
I was ashamed ,
yes ,
even humiliated ,
Because I bore the reproach of my youth .'
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Is Ephraim My dear son ?
Is he a pleasant child ?
For though I spoke against him ,
I earnestly remember him still ;
Therefore My heart yearns for him ;
I will surely have mercy on him ,
says the LORD .
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Set up signposts ,
Make landmarks ;
Set your heart toward the highway ,
The way in which you went .
Turn back ,
O virgin of Israel ,
Turn back to these your cities .
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How long will you gad about ,
O you backsliding daughter ?
For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth --
A woman shall encompass a man ."
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Thus says the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel : "
They shall again use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities ,
when I bring back their captivity : "
The LORD bless you ,
O home of justice ,
and mountain of holiness !'
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And there shall dwell in Judah itself ,
and in all its cities together ,
farmers and those going out with flocks .
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For I have satiated the weary soul ,
and I have replenished every sorrowful soul ."
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After this I awoke and looked around ,
and my sleep was sweet to me .
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Behold ,
the days are coming ,
says the LORD ,
that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that as I have watched over them to pluck up ,
to break down ,
to throw down ,
to destroy ,
and to afflict ,
so I will watch over them to build and to plant ,
says the LORD .
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In those days they shall say no more : "
The fathers have eaten sour grapes ,
And the children '
s teeth are set on edge .'
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But every one shall die for his own iniquity ;
every man who eats the sour grapes ,
his teeth shall be set on edge .
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Behold ,
the days are coming ,
says the LORD ,
when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah --
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not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt ,
My covenant which they broke ,
though I was a husband to them ,
says the LORD .
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But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days ,
says the LORD :
I will put My law in their minds ,
and write it on their hearts ;
and I will be their God ,
and they shall be My people .