Jeremiah 31:8-30

New International Version

⁸ See, I will bring them from the land of the north^(A)
    and gather^(B) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind^(C) and the lame,^(D)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.
⁹ They will come with weeping;^(E)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead^(F) them beside streams of water^(G)
    on a level^(H) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,^(I)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

¹⁰ “Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
    proclaim it in distant coastlands:^(J)
‘He who scattered^(K) Israel will gather^(L) them
    and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’^(M)
11 For the Lord will deliver Jacob
    and redeem^(N) them from the hand of those stronger^(O) than they.
¹² They will come and shout for joy^(P) on the heights^(Q) of Zion;
    they will rejoice in the bounty^(R) of the Lord—
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,^(S)
    the young of the flocks^(T) and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,^(U)
    and they will sorrow^(V) no more.
¹³ Then young women will dance and be glad,
    young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning^(W) into gladness;
    I will give them comfort^(X) and joy^(Y) instead of sorrow.
¹⁴ I will satisfy^(Z) the priests^(AA) with abundance,
    and my people will be filled with my bounty,^(AB)”
declares the Lord.

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

“Restrain your voice from weeping
    and your eyes from tears,^(AF)
for your work will be rewarded,^(AG)”
declares the Lord.
    “They will return^(AH) from the land of the enemy.
¹⁷ So there is hope^(AI) for your descendants,”
declares the Lord.
    “Your children^(AJ) will return to their own land.

¹⁸ “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
    ‘You disciplined^(AK) me like an unruly calf,^(AL)
    and I have been disciplined.
Restore^(AM) me, and I will return,
    because you are the Lord my God.
¹⁹ After I strayed,^(AN)
    I repented;
after I came to understand,
    I beat^(AO) my breast.
I was ashamed^(AP) and humiliated
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’^(AQ)
20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,
    the child^(AR) in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
    I still remember^(AS) him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
    I have great compassion^(AT) for him,”
declares the Lord.

²¹ “Set up road signs;
    put up guideposts.^(AU)
Take note of the highway,^(AV)
    the road that you take.
Return,^(AW) Virgin^(AX) Israel,
    return to your towns.
²² How long will you wander,^(AY)
    unfaithful^(AZ) Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing^(BA) on earth—
    the woman will return to^[a](BB) the man.”

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