Jeremiah 31:15-26 (New American Standard Bible)

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Jeremiah 31:15-26

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

¹⁵Thus says the Lord,
“A voice is heard in Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
She refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because they are no more.”

¹⁶Thus says the Lord,

“Restrain your voice from weeping
And your eyes from tears;
For your work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord,
“And they will return from the land of the enemy.
¹⁷“There is hope for your future,” declares the Lord,
“And your children will return to their own territory.
¹⁸“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
¹⁹‘For after I turned back, I repented;
And after I was instructed, I smote on my thigh;
I was ashamed and also humiliated
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
²⁰“Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a delightful child?
Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him;
Therefore My ^[a]heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,” declares the Lord.

²¹“Set up for yourself roadmarks,
Place for yourself guideposts;
Direct your ^[b]mind to the highway,
The way by which you went.
Return, O virgin of Israel,
Return to these your cities.
²²“How long will you go here and there,
O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman will encompass a man.”

²³Thus 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 restore their ^[c]fortunes,

‘The Lord bless you, O abode of righteousness,
O holy hill!’

²⁴Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks. ²⁵For I satisfy the weary ones and ^[d]refresh everyone who languishes.” ²⁶At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.