⁵ Those who sow with tears^(A)
    will reap^(B) with songs of joy.^(C)
6 Those who go out weeping,^(D)
    carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
    carrying sheaves with them.

¹⁰ As the rain^(A) and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,^(B)
    so that it yields seed^(C) for the sower and bread for the eater,^(D)
11 so is my word^(E) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,^(F)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose^(G) for which I sent it.
¹² You will go out in joy^(H)
    and be led forth in peace;^(I)
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song^(J) before you,
and all the trees^(K) of the field
    will clap their hands.^(L)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
    and instead of briers^(M) the myrtle^(N) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,^(O)
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”

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

³¹ “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will make a new covenant^(J)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
³² It will not be like the covenant^(K)
    I made with their ancestors^(L)
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,^(M)
because they broke my covenant,
    though I was a husband^(N) to^[a] them,^[b]”
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^(O)
    and write it on their hearts.^(P)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.^(Q)
34 No longer will they teach^(R) their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know^(S) me,
    from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive^(T) their wickedness
    and will remember their sins^(U) no more.”

²¹ “In that day I will respond,”
    declares the Lord—
“I will respond^(A) to the skies,
    and they will respond to the earth;
²² and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,^(B)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.^[a](C)
23 I will plant^(D) her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.^[b](E)’
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,^[c]’ ‘You are my people’;^(F)
    and they will say, ‘You are my God.^(G)’”