2 This is what the Lord says:

They found favor in the wilderness(A)
the people who survived the sword.
When Israel went to find rest,
3
the Lord appeared to him(a) from far away.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.(B)

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 31:3: LXX; MT reads me

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