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Jeremiah 31:3-9
New International Version
Jeremiah 31:3-9
New International Version
3 The Lord appeared to us in the past,[a] saying:
“I have loved(A) you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn(B) you with unfailing kindness.
4 I will build you up again,
and you, Virgin(C) Israel, will be rebuilt.(D)
Again you will take up your timbrels(E)
and go out to dance(F) with the joyful.(G)
5 Again you will plant(H) vineyards
on the hills of Samaria;(I)
the farmers will plant them
and enjoy their fruit.(J)
6 There will be a day when watchmen(K) cry out
on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.’”(L)
7 This is what the Lord says:
“Sing(M) with joy for Jacob;
shout for the foremost(N) of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
‘Lord, save(O) your people,
the remnant(P) of Israel.’
8 See, I will bring them from the land of the north(Q)
and gather(R) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind(S) and the lame,(T)
expectant mothers and women in labor;
a great throng will return.
9 They will come with weeping;(U)
they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead(V) them beside streams of water(W)
on a level(X) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,(Y)
and Ephraim is my firstborn son.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar
Jeremiah 31:3-9
King James Version
Jeremiah 31:3-9
King James Version
3 The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God.
7 For thus saith the Lord; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
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