Israel’s Mourning Turned to Joy
1 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the (A)God of all the (B)families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”
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“For there will be a day when watchmen
On the hills of Ephraim call out,
‘Arise, and (K)let us go up to Zion,
To the Lord our God.’”
On the hills of Ephraim call out,
‘Arise, and (K)let us go up to Zion,
To the Lord our God.’”
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“They will (AD)come and shout for joy on the (AE)height of Zion,
And they will be (AF)radiant over the (g)bounty of the Lord—
Over the (AG)grain and the new wine and the oil,
And over the young of the (AH)flock and the herd;
And their life will be like a (AI)watered garden,
And they will (AJ)never languish again.
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And they will be (AF)radiant over the (g)bounty of the Lord—
Over the (AG)grain and the new wine and the oil,
And over the young of the (AH)flock and the herd;
And their life will be like a (AI)watered garden,
And they will (AJ)never languish again.
16 Thus says the Lord,
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“There is (AV)hope for your future,” declares the Lord,
“And your children will return to their own territory.
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“And your children will return to their own territory.
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“How long will you go here and there,
O (BI)faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman will encompass a man.”
O (BI)faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman will encompass a man.”
23 Thus 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 (BJ)restore their (l)fortunes,
24 Judah and all its cities will (BM)dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.
25 (BN)For I satisfy the weary ones and (m)refresh everyone who languishes.”
26 At this I (BO)awoke and looked, and my (BP)sleep was pleasant to me.
A New Covenant
27 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will (BQ)sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.
28 As I have (BR)watched over them to (BS)pluck up, to break down, to overthrow, to destroy and to bring disaster, so I will watch over them to (BT)build and to plant,” declares the Lord.
30 But (BV)everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be (o)set on edge.
31 “(BW)Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a (BX)new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
32 not like the (BY)covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I (BZ)took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My (CA)covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord.
33 “But (CB)this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord, “(CC)I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and (CD)I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
34 They will (CE)not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all (CF)know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will (CG)forgive their iniquity, and their (CH)sin I will remember no more.”
37 Thus says the Lord,
38 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the (CP)city will be rebuilt for the Lord from the (CQ)Tower of Hananel to the (CR)Corner Gate.
39 The (CS)measuring line will go out farther straight ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah.
40 And (CT)the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook (CU)Kidron, to the corner of the (CV)Horse Gate toward the east, shall be (CW)holy to the Lord; it will not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”
Footnotes:
a.
Jeremiah 31:3: ['Lit ', me]
b.
Jeremiah 31:4: ['Or ', be adorned with]
c.
Jeremiah 31:5: ['Or ', mountains]
d.
Jeremiah 31:5: ['Lit ', defile]
e.
Jeremiah 31:7: ['Lit ', head]
f.
Jeremiah 31:8: ['Or ', assembly]
g.
Jeremiah 31:12: ['Lit ', goodness]
h.
Jeremiah 31:14: ['Lit ', saturate]
i.
Jeremiah 31:14: ['Lit ', fatness]
j.
Jeremiah 31:20: ['Lit ', inward parts]
k.
Jeremiah 31:21: ['Lit ', heart]
l.
Jeremiah 31:23: ['Or ', captivity]
m.
Jeremiah 31:25: ['Lit ', fill]
n.
Jeremiah 31:29: ['Or ', dull]
o.
Jeremiah 31:30: ['Or ', dull]
p.
Jeremiah 31:35: ['Lit ', statutes]
q.
Jeremiah 31:36: ['Lit ', these statutes]
r.
Jeremiah 31:36: ['Lit ', all the days]
Cross references:
AY.
Jeremiah 31:18:
Hosea 4:16
AZ.
Jeremiah 31:18:
Psalm 80:3; Psalm 80:7; Psalm 80:19; Jeremiah 17:14; Lamentations 5:21; Acts 3:26
BD.
Jeremiah 31:20:
Hosea 11:8
BX.
Jeremiah 31:31:
Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 33:14; Ezekiel 37:26; Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Hebrews 8:8-12; Hebrews 10:16; Hebrews 10:17