Jeremiah 31:1 At that time,6256 says5002 Yahweh,3068 will I be the God430 of all the families4940 of Israel,3478 and they shall be my people.5971 cr 2 Thus says559 Yahweh,3068 The people5971 who were left8300 of the sword2719 found4672 favor2580 in the wilderness;4057 even Israel,3478 when I went1980 to cause him to rest.7280 cr 3 Yahweh3068 appeared7200 of old7350 to me, saying, Yes, I have loved157 you with an everlasting5769 love:160 therefore with loving160 kindness2617 have I drawn4900 you. cr 4 Again will I build1129 you, and you shall be built,1129 O virgin1330 of Israel:3478 again you shall be adorned5710 with your tambourines,8596 and shall go forth3318 in the dances4234 of those who make merry.7832 cr 5 Again you shall plant5193 vineyards3754 on the mountains2022 of Samaria;8111 the planters5193 shall plant,5193 and shall enjoy its fruit.2490 cr 6 For there shall be3426 a day,3117 that the watchmen5341 on the hills2022 of Ephraim669 shall cry,7121 Arise,6965 and let us go up5927 to Zion6726 to Yahweh3068 our God.430 cr 7 For thus says559 Yahweh,3068 Sing7442 with gladness8057 for Jacob,3290 and shout6670 for the chief7218 of the nations:1471 publish,8085 praise,1984 and say,559 Yahweh,3068 save3467 your people,5971 the remnant7611 of Israel.3478 cr 8 Behold, I will bring935 them from the north6828 country,776 and gather6908 them from the uttermost parts3411 of the earth,776 along with the blind5787 and the lame,6455 the woman with child2030 and her who travails with child3205 together:3162 a great1419 company6951 shall they return7725 here. cr 9 They shall come935 with weeping;1065 and with petitions8469 will I lead2986 them: I will cause them to walk3212 by rivers5158 of waters,4325 in a straight3477 way1870 in which they shall not stumble;3782 for I am a father1 to Israel,3478 and Ephraim669 is my firstborn.1060 cr 10 Hear8085 the word1697 of Yahweh,3068 you nations,1471 and declare5046 it in the islands339 afar off;4801 and say,559 He who scattered2219 Israel3478 will gather6908 him, and keep8104 him, as shepherd7462 does his flock.5739 cr 11 For Yahweh3068 has ransomed1350 Jacob,3290 and redeemed6299 him from the hand3027 of him who was stronger2389 than he. cr 12 They shall come935 and sing7442 in the height4791 of Zion,6726 and shall flow to5102 the goodness2898 of Yahweh,3068 to the grain,1715 and to the new wine,8492 and to the oil,3323 and to the young1121 of the flock6629 and of the herd:1241 and their soul5315 shall be as a watered7302 garden;1588 and they shall not sorrow1669 any more3254 at all. cr 13 Then shall the virgin1330 rejoice8055 in the dance,4234 and the young men970 and the old2205 together;3162 for I will turn2015 their mourning60 into joy,8342 and will comfort5162 them, and make them rejoice8055 from their sorrow.3015 cr 14 I will satiate7301 the soul5315 of the priests3548 with fatness,1880 and my people5971 shall be satisfied7646 with my goodness,2898 says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 15 Thus says559 Yahweh:3068 A voice6963 is heard8085 in Ramah,7414 lamentation,5092 and bitter8563 weeping,1065 Rachel7354 weeping1058 for her children;1121 she refuses3985 to be comforted5162 for her children,1121 because they are no more. cr 16 Thus says559 Yahweh:3068 Refrain4513 your voice6963 from weeping,1065 and your eyes5869 from tears;1832 for your work6468 shall be3426 rewarded,7939 says5002 Yahweh;3068 and they shall come again7725 from the land776 of the enemy.341 cr 17 There is3426 hope8615 for your latter end,319 says5002 Yahweh;3068 and your children1121 shall come again7725 to their own border.1366 cr 18 I have surely8085 heard8085 Ephraim669 bemoaning5110 himself thus, You have chastised3256 me, and I was chastised,3256 as an untrained calf:5695 turn7725 me, and I shall be turned;7725 for you are Yahweh3068 my God.430 cr 19 Surely after310 that I was turned,7725 I repented;5162 and after310 that I was instructed,3045 I struck5606 on my thigh:3409 I was ashamed,954 yes, even confounded,3637 because I bore5375 the reproach2781 of my youth.5271 cr 20 Is Ephraim669 my dear3357 son?1121 is he a darling8191 child?3206 for as often1767 as I speak1696 against him, I do earnestly2142 remember2142 him still: therefore my heart4578 yearns1993 for him; I will surely7355 have mercy7355 on him, says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 21 Set up5324 road signs,6725 make7760 guideposts;8564 set7896 your heart3820 toward the highway,4546 even the way1870 by which you went:1980 turn again,7725 virgin1330 of Israel,3478 turn again7725 to these your cities.5892 cr 22 How long will you go here2559 and there, you backsliding7728 daughter?1323 for Yahweh3068 has created1254 a new thing2319 in the earth:776 a woman5347 shall encompass5437 a man.1397 cr 23 Thus says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies,6635 the God430 of Israel,3478 Yet again shall they use559 this speech1697 in the land776 of Judah3063 and in its cities,5892 when I shall bring again7725 their captivity:7622 Yahweh3068 bless1288 you, habitation5116 of righteousness,6664 mountain2022 of holiness.6944 cr 24 Judah3063 and all its cities5892 shall dwell3427 therein together,3162 the farmers,406 and those who go about5265 with flocks.5739 cr 25 For I have satiated7301 the weary5889 soul,5315 and every sorrowful1669 soul5315 have I replenished.4390 cr 26 On this I awakened,6974 and saw;7200 and my sleep8142 was sweet6149 to me. cr 27 Behold, the days3117 come,935 says5002 Yahweh,3068 that I will sow2232 the house1004 of Israel3478 and the house1004 of Judah3063 with the seed2233 of man,120 and with the seed2233 of animal.929 cr 28 It shall happen that, like as I have watched over8245 them to pluck up5428 and to break down5422 and to overthrow2040 and to destroy6 and to afflict,7489 so will I watch over8245 them to build1129 and to plant,5193 says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 29 In those days3117 they shall say559 no more, The fathers1 have eaten398 sour grapes,1155 and the children's1121 teeth8127 are set on edge.6949 cr 30 But everyone376 shall die4191 for his own iniquity:5771 every man120 who eats398 the sour grapes,1155 his teeth8127 shall be set on edge.6949 cr 31 Behold, the days3117 come,935 says5002 Yahweh,3068 that I will make3772 a new2319 covenant1285 with the house1004 of Israel,3478 and with the house1004 of Judah:3063 cr 32 not according to the covenant1285 that I made3772 with their fathers1 in the day3117 that I took2388 them by the hand3027 to bring them out3318 of the land776 of Egypt;4714 which my covenant1285 they broke,6565 although I was a husband1166 to them, says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 33 But this is the covenant1285 that I will make3772 with the house1004 of Israel3478 after310 those days,3117 says5002 Yahweh:3068 I will put5414 my law8451 in their inward parts,7130 and in their heart3820 will I write3789 it; and I will be their God,430 and they shall be my people:5971 cr 34 and they shall teach3925 no more every man376 his neighbor,7453 and every man376 his brother,251 saying,559 Know3045 Yahweh;3068 for they shall all know3045 me, from their least6996 to their greatest,1419 says5002 Yahweh:3068 for I will forgive5545 their iniquity,5771 and their sin2403 will I remember2142 no more. cr 35 Thus says559 Yahweh,3068 who gives5414 the sun8121 for a light216 by day,3119 and the ordinances2708 of the moon3394 and of the stars3556 for a light216 by night,3915 who stirs7280 up the sea,3220 so that its waves1530 roar;1993 Yahweh3068 of Armies6635 is his name:8034 cr 36 If these ordinances2706 depart4185 from before6440 me, says5002 Yahweh,3068 then the seed2233 of Israel3478 also shall cease7673 from being a nation1471 before6440 me forever.3117 cr 37 Thus says559 Yahweh:3068 If heaven8064 above4605 can be measured,4058 and the foundations4146 of the earth776 searched out2713 beneath,4295 then will I also cast off3988 all the seed2233 of Israel3478 for all that they have done,6213 says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 38 Behold, the days3117 come,935 says5002 Yahweh,3068 that the city5892 shall be built1129 to Yahweh3068 from the tower4026 of Hananel2606 to the gate8179 of the corner.6438 cr 39 The measuring4060 line6957 shall go out3318 further straight onward to the hill1389 Gareb,1619 and shall turn about5437 to Goah.1601 cr 40 The whole valley6010 of the dead bodies6297 and of the ashes,1880 and all the fields7709 to the brook5158 Kidron,6939 to the corner6438 of the horse5483 gate8179 toward the east,4217 shall be holy6944 to Yahweh;3068 it shall not be plucked up,5428 nor thrown down2040 any more forever.5769 cr