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Jeremiah 31
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31 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God(A) of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”

2 This is what the Lord says:

“The people who survive the sword
will find favor(B) in the wilderness;
I will come to give rest(C) to Israel.”

3 The Lord appeared to us in the past,[a] saying:

“I have loved(D) you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn(E) you with unfailing kindness.
4 I will build you up again,
and you, Virgin(F) Israel, will be rebuilt.(G)
Again you will take up your timbrels(H)
and go out to dance(I) with the joyful.(J)
5 Again you will plant(K) vineyards
on the hills of Samaria;(L)
the farmers will plant them
and enjoy their fruit.(M)
6 There will be a day when watchmen(N) cry out
on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.’”(O)

7 This is what the Lord says:

“Sing(P) with joy for Jacob;
shout for the foremost(Q) of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
‘Lord, save(R) your people,
the remnant(S) of Israel.’
8 See, I will bring them from the land of the north(T)
and gather(U) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind(V) and the lame,(W)
expectant mothers and women in labor;
a great throng will return.
9 They will come with weeping;(X)
they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead(Y) them beside streams of water(Z)
on a level(AA) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,(AB)
and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

10 “Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
proclaim it in distant coastlands:(AC)
‘He who scattered(AD) Israel will gather(AE) them
and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’(AF)
11 For the Lord will deliver Jacob
and redeem(AG) them from the hand of those stronger(AH) than they.
12 They will come and shout for joy(AI) on the heights(AJ) of Zion;
they will rejoice in the bounty(AK) of the Lord—
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,(AL)
the young of the flocks(AM) and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,(AN)
and they will sorrow(AO) no more.
13 Then young women will dance and be glad,
young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning(AP) into gladness;
I will give them comfort(AQ) and joy(AR) instead of sorrow.
14 I will satisfy(AS) the priests(AT) with abundance,
and my people will be filled with my bounty,(AU)”
declares the Lord.

15 This is what the Lord says:

“A voice is heard in Ramah,(AV)
mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,(AW)
because they are no more.”(AX)

16 This is what the Lord says:

“Restrain your voice from weeping
and your eyes from tears,(AY)
for your work will be rewarded,(AZ)”
declares the Lord.
“They will return(BA) from the land of the enemy.
17 So there is hope(BB) for your descendants,”
declares the Lord.
“Your children(BC) will return to their own land.

18 “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
‘You disciplined(BD) me like an unruly calf,(BE)
and I have been disciplined.
Restore(BF) me, and I will return,
because you are the Lord my God.
19 After I strayed,(BG)
I repented;
after I came to understand,
I beat(BH) my breast.
I was ashamed(BI) and humiliated
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’(BJ)
20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,
the child(BK) in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
I still remember(BL) him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I have great compassion(BM) for him,”
declares the Lord.

21 “Set up road signs;
put up guideposts.(BN)
Take note of the highway,(BO)
the road that you take.
Return,(BP) Virgin(BQ) Israel,
return to your towns.
22 How long will you wander,(BR)
unfaithful(BS) Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing(BT) on earth—
the woman will return to[b](BU) the man.”

23 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity,[c](BV) the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: ‘The Lord bless(BW) you, you prosperous city,(BX) you sacred mountain.’(BY) 24 People will live(BZ) together in Judah and all its towns—farmers and those who move about with their flocks.(CA) 25 I will refresh the weary(CB) and satisfy the faint.”(CC)

26 At this I awoke(CD) and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.

27 “The days are coming,”(CE) declares the Lord, “when I will plant(CF) the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals. 28 Just as I watched(CG) over them to uproot(CH) and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster,(CI) so I will watch over them to build and to plant,”(CJ) declares the Lord. 29 “In those days people will no longer say,

‘The parents(CK) have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’(CL)

30 Instead, everyone will die for their own sin;(CM) whoever eats sour grapes—their own teeth will be set on edge.

31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant(CN)
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant(CO)
I made with their ancestors(CP)
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,(CQ)
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband(CR) to[d] them,[e]”
declares the Lord.
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds(CS)
and write it on their hearts.(CT)
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.(CU)
34 No longer will they teach(CV) their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know(CW) me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive(CX) their wickedness
and will remember their sins(CY) no more.”

35 This is what the Lord says,

he who appoints(CZ) the sun
to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
to shine by night,(DA)
who stirs up the sea(DB)
so that its waves roar(DC)—
the Lord Almighty is his name:(DD)
36 “Only if these decrees(DE) vanish from my sight,”
declares the Lord,
“will Israel(DF) ever cease
being a nation before me.”

37 This is what the Lord says:

“Only if the heavens above can be measured(DG)
and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject(DH) all the descendants of Israel
because of all they have done,”
declares the Lord.

38 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when this city will be rebuilt(DI) for me from the Tower of Hananel(DJ) to the Corner Gate.(DK) 39 The measuring line(DL) will stretch from there straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to Goah. 40 The whole valley(DM) where dead bodies(DN) and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley(DO) on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate,(DP) will be holy(DQ) to the Lord. The city will never again be uprooted or demolished.”

#### Footnotes

1. Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar
2. Jeremiah 31:22 Or will protect
3. Jeremiah 31:23 Or I restore their fortunes
4. Jeremiah 31:32 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac / and I turned away from
5. Jeremiah 31:32 Or was their master

#### Cross references

1. Jeremiah 31:1 : S Lev 26:12
2. Jeremiah 31:2 : Nu 14:20
3. Jeremiah 31:2 : S Ex 33:14; S Dt 12:9
4. Jeremiah 31:3 : S Dt 4:37
5. Jeremiah 31:3 : Hos 11:4; Jn 6:44
6. Jeremiah 31:4 : S 2Ki 19:21
7. Jeremiah 31:4 : S Jer 1:10; S 30:18
8. Jeremiah 31:4 : S Ge 31:27
9. Jeremiah 31:4 : S Ex 15:20
10. Jeremiah 31:4 : S Jer 30:19
11. Jeremiah 31:5 : S Dt 20:6
12. Jeremiah 31:5 : Jer 33:13; 50:19; Ob 1:19
13. Jeremiah 31:5 : S Isa 37:30; Am 9:14
14. Jeremiah 31:6 : S Isa 52:8; S 56:10
15. Jeremiah 31:6 : ver 12; S Dt 33:19; Jer 50:4-5; Mic 4:2
16. Jeremiah 31:7 : S Isa 12:6
17. Jeremiah 31:7 : Dt 28:13; Isa 61:9
18. Jeremiah 31:7 : Ps 14:7; 28:9
19. Jeremiah 31:7 : S Isa 37:31
20. Jeremiah 31:8 : S Jer 3:18
21. Jeremiah 31:8 : S Ge 33:13; S Dt 30:4; S Ps 106:47; Eze 34:12-14
22. Jeremiah 31:8 : Isa 42:16
23. Jeremiah 31:8 : Eze 34:16; Mic 4:6
24. Jeremiah 31:9 : S Ezr 3:12; Ps 126:5
25. Jeremiah 31:9 : Isa 63:13
26. Jeremiah 31:9 : S Nu 20:8; S Ps 1:3; S Isa 32:2
27. Jeremiah 31:9 : S Isa 40:4; S 49:11
28. Jeremiah 31:9 : S Ex 4:22; S Jer 3:4
29. Jeremiah 31:10 : Isa 49:1; S 66:19; S Jer 25:22
30. Jeremiah 31:10 : S Lev 26:33
31. Jeremiah 31:10 : S Dt 30:4; S Isa 11:12; Jer 50:19
32. Jeremiah 31:10 : Isa 40:11; Eze 34:12
33. Jeremiah 31:11 : S Ex 6:6; Zec 9:16
34. Jeremiah 31:11 : Ps 142:6
35. Jeremiah 31:12 : S Ps 126:5
36. Jeremiah 31:12 : Eze 17:23; 20:40; 40:2; Mic 4:1
37. Jeremiah 31:12 : S Ps 36:8; Joel 3:18
38. Jeremiah 31:12 : S Nu 18:12; Hos 2:21-22; Joel 2:19
39. Jeremiah 31:12 : ver 24; S Isa 65:10
40. Jeremiah 31:12 : S SS 4:15
41. Jeremiah 31:12 : S Isa 30:19; S 62:5; Jn 16:22; S Rev 7:17
42. Jeremiah 31:13 : S Isa 61:3
43. Jeremiah 31:13 : S Isa 40:1
44. Jeremiah 31:13 : Ps 30:11; S Isa 51:11
45. Jeremiah 31:14 : ver 25
46. Jeremiah 31:14 : Lev 7:35-36
47. Jeremiah 31:14 : S Ps 36:8; S Isa 30:23
48. Jeremiah 31:15 : S Jos 18:25
49. Jeremiah 31:15 : S Ge 37:35
50. Jeremiah 31:15 : S Jer 10:20; Mt 2:17-18*
51. Jeremiah 31:16 : S Ps 30:5; S Isa 25:8; 30:19
52. Jeremiah 31:16 : S Ru 2:12; S 2Ch 15:7
53. Jeremiah 31:16 : Jer 30:3; Eze 11:17
54. Jeremiah 31:17 : S Job 8:7; La 3:29
55. Jeremiah 31:17 : S Jer 30:20
56. Jeremiah 31:18 : S Job 5:17
57. Jeremiah 31:18 : Jer 50:11; Hos 4:16; 10:11
58. Jeremiah 31:18 : S Ps 80:3
59. Jeremiah 31:19 : S Ps 95:10; S Jer 8:4; Eze 36:31
60. Jeremiah 31:19 : Eze 21:12; Lk 18:13
61. Jeremiah 31:19 : Ezr 9:6
62. Jeremiah 31:19 : S Ps 25:7; S Jer 22:21
63. Jeremiah 31:20 : La 3:33
64. Jeremiah 31:20 : S Isa 44:21
65. Jeremiah 31:20 : S 1Ki 3:26; S Ps 6:2; Isa 55:7; Mic 7:18
66. Jeremiah 31:21 : Eze 21:19
67. Jeremiah 31:21 : Isa 35:8; Jer 50:5
68. Jeremiah 31:21 : Isa 52:11; S Jer 3:12
69. Jeremiah 31:21 : ver 4
70. Jeremiah 31:22 : S Jer 2:23
71. Jeremiah 31:22 : S Jer 3:6
72. Jeremiah 31:22 : Isa 43:19
73. Jeremiah 31:22 : S Dt 32:10
74. Jeremiah 31:23 : S Jer 30:18
75. Jeremiah 31:23 : S Ge 28:3; S Nu 6:24
76. Jeremiah 31:23 : S Isa 1:26
77. Jeremiah 31:23 : S Ps 48:1; S Isa 2:2
78. Jeremiah 31:24 : S Jer 30:18; Zec 8:4-8
79. Jeremiah 31:24 : S ver 12
80. Jeremiah 31:25 : S Isa 40:29
81. Jeremiah 31:25 : Jn 4:14
82. Jeremiah 31:26 : Zec 4:1
83. Jeremiah 31:27 : S Jer 16:14
84. Jeremiah 31:27 : Hos 2:23
85. Jeremiah 31:28 : S Job 29:2
86. Jeremiah 31:28 : S Dt 29:28
87. Jeremiah 31:28 : S Jer 18:8
88. Jeremiah 31:28 : S Dt 28:63; S 30:9; S Jer 1:10; Eze 36:10-11; Am 9:14
89. Jeremiah 31:29 : S Ge 9:25; Dt 24:16; La 5:7
90. Jeremiah 31:29 : Eze 18:2
91. Jeremiah 31:30 : S 2Ki 14:6; S Isa 3:11; Gal 6:7
92. Jeremiah 31:31 : S Dt 29:14; S Isa 42:6; S 54:10; S Lk 22:20; Heb 8:8-12*; 10:16-17
93. Jeremiah 31:32 : S Ex 24:8
94. Jeremiah 31:32 : Dt 5:3
95. Jeremiah 31:32 : Jer 11:4
96. Jeremiah 31:32 : S Isa 54:5
97. Jeremiah 31:33 : S Ex 4:15
98. Jeremiah 31:33 : S Dt 6:6; S 2Co 3:3
99. Jeremiah 31:33 : S Jer 11:4; Heb 10:16
100. Jeremiah 31:34 : 1Jn 2:27
101. Jeremiah 31:34 : S Isa 11:9; S Jn 6:45
102. Jeremiah 31:34 : Ps 85:2; 130:4; Jer 33:8; 50:20
103. Jeremiah 31:34 : S Job 7:21; S Isa 38:17; Mic 7:19; Heb 10:17*
104. Jeremiah 31:35 : Ps 136:7-9
105. Jeremiah 31:35 : S Ge 1:16
106. Jeremiah 31:35 : S Ex 14:21
107. Jeremiah 31:35 : S Ps 93:3
108. Jeremiah 31:35 : S Jer 10:16
109. Jeremiah 31:36 : S Job 38:33; Jer 33:20-26
110. Jeremiah 31:36 : Ps 89:36-37
111. Jeremiah 31:37 : S Job 38:5; Jer 33:22
112. Jeremiah 31:37 : Jer 33:24-26; Ro 11:1-5
113. Jeremiah 31:38 : S Jer 30:18
114. Jeremiah 31:38 : S Ne 3:1
115. Jeremiah 31:38 : S 2Ki 14:13; S 2Ch 25:23
116. Jeremiah 31:39 : S 1Ki 7:23
117. Jeremiah 31:40 : S Jer 2:23; 7:31-32
118. Jeremiah 31:40 : S Jer 8:2
119. Jeremiah 31:40 : S 2Sa 15:23; Jn 18:1
120. Jeremiah 31:40 : S 2Ki 11:16
121. Jeremiah 31:40 : S Isa 4:3; Joel 3:17; Zec 14:21

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