Hosea 2:14
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The Lord's Mercy on Israel
14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
and (A)bring her into the wilderness,
and (B)speak tenderly to her.
Revelation 12:6
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6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for (A)1,260 days.
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Ezekiel 20:35-36
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35 (A)And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, (B)and there I will enter into judgment with you (C)face to face. 36 (D)As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord God.
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Isaiah 40:1-2
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Comfort for God's People
40 (A)Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 (B)Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that (C)her warfare[a] is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
double for all her sins.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:2 Or hardship
Revelation 12:14
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14 But the woman was given the two (A)wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent (B)into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished (C)for a time, and times, and half a time.
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John 6:44
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44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me (A)draws him. And (B)I will raise him up on the last day.
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Romans 11:26-27
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26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,
(A)“The Deliverer will come (B)from Zion,
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;
27 “and this will be my (C)covenant with them
(D)when I take away their sins.”
John 12:32
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32 And I, (A)when I am lifted up from the earth, (B)will draw (C)all people to myself.”
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Micah 7:14-20
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14 (A)Shepherd your people (B)with your staff,
the flock of your inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
(C)in the midst of (D)a garden land;[a]
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
15 (E)As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
I will show them[b] marvelous things.
16 (F)The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
(G)they shall lay their hands on their mouths;
their ears shall be deaf;
17 (H)they shall lick the dust like a serpent,
like the crawling things of the earth;
(I)they shall come trembling out of their strongholds;
(J)they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,
and they shall be in fear of you.
God's Steadfast Love and Compassion
18 (K)Who is a God like you, (L)pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
(M)for the remnant of his inheritance?
(N)He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will (O)again have compassion on us;
(P)he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
(Q)You will cast all our[c] sins
into the depths of the sea.
20 (R)You will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
(S)as you have sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:14 Hebrew of Carmel
- Micah 7:15 Hebrew him
- Micah 7:19 Hebrew their
Hosea 2:3
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3 lest (A)I strip her naked
and make her as (B)in the day she was born,
and (C)make her like a wilderness,
and make her like a parched land,
and kill her with thirst.
Zechariah 8:19-23
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19 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the (A)fourth month and the fast of the (B)fifth and the fast of the (C)seventh and the fast of the (D)tenth shall be to the house of Judah (E)seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore love (F)truth and peace.
20 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities. 21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, (G)‘Let us go at once (H)to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’ 22 (I)Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and (J)to entreat the favor of the Lord. 23 Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days (K)ten men (L)from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for (M)we have heard that God is with you.’”
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Zechariah 1:12-17
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12 Then (A)the angel of the Lord said, (B)‘O Lord of hosts, (C)how long will you (D)have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which you have been angry these (E)seventy years?’ 13 And the Lord answered (F)gracious and comforting words to (G)the angel who talked with me. 14 So (H)the angel who talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: (I)I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion. 15 (J)And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are (K)at ease; (L)for while I was angry but a little, (M)they furthered the disaster. 16 Therefore, thus says the Lord, (N)I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; (O)my house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and (P)the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem. 17 Cry out again, Thus says the Lord of hosts: (Q)My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, (R)and the Lord will again comfort Zion and again (S)choose Jerusalem.’”
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Zephaniah 3:9-20
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The Conversion of the Nations
9 “For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples
to (A)a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name of the Lord
and serve him with one accord.
10 (B)From beyond the rivers (C)of Cush
my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones,
shall bring my offering.
11 (D)“On that day (E)you shall not be put to shame
because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then (F)I will remove from your midst
your proudly exultant ones,
and (G)you shall no longer be haughty
in my holy mountain.
12 But I will leave in your midst
a people (H)humble and lowly.
(I)They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,
13 (J)those who are left in Israel;
they (K)shall do no injustice
and speak no lies,
(L)nor shall there be found in their mouth
a deceitful tongue.
(M)For they shall graze and lie down,
and none shall make them afraid.”
Israel's Joy and Restoration
14 (N)Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;
he has cleared away your enemies.
(O)The King of Israel, (P)the Lord, is in your midst;
you shall never again fear evil.
16 (Q)On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Fear not, O Zion;
(R)let not your hands grow weak.
17 (S)The Lord your God is in your midst,
(T)a mighty one who will save;
(U)he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
18 I will gather those of you who mourn (V)for the festival,
so that you will no longer suffer reproach.[a]
19 Behold, at that time (W)I will deal
with all your oppressors.
And (X)I will save the lame
and gather the outcast,
and I will change (Y)their shame into (Z)praise
and renown in all the earth.
20 (AA)At that time I will bring you in,
at the time when I gather you together;
for I will make you renowned and praised
among all the peoples of the earth,
(AB)when I restore your fortunes
before your eyes,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:18 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Amos 9:11-15
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The Restoration of Israel
11 “In that day (A)I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
and raise up its ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,
12 (B)that they may possess the remnant of Edom
and (C)all the nations who are called by my name,”[a]
declares the Lord who does this.
13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
(D)“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
(E)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.
14 (F)I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and (G)they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
(H)they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 (I)I will plant them on their land,
(J)and they shall never again be uprooted
out of the land (K)that I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.
Footnotes
- Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint (compare Acts 15:17) that the remnant of mankind and all the nations who are called by my name may seek the Lord
Ezekiel 39:25-29
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The Lord Will Restore Israel
25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now (A)I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on (B)the whole house of Israel, and (C)I will be jealous for my holy name. 26 They shall (D)forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when (E)they dwell securely in their land with (F)none to make them afraid, 27 (G)when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies' lands, (H)and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations. 28 (I)Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore. 29 (J)And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when (K)I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”
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Ezekiel 37:11-28
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11 Then he said to me, (A)“Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and (B)our hope is lost; (C)we are indeed cut off.’ 12 Therefore (D)prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, (E)I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And (F)I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And (G)you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 14 And (H)I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; (I)I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”
I Will Be Their God; They Shall Be My People
15 The word of the Lord came to me: 16 (J)“Son of man, (K)take a stick[a] and write on it, ‘For (L)Judah, and (M)the people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For (N)Joseph (the stick of (O)Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ 17 And (P)join them one to another into one stick, that (Q)they may become (R)one in your hand. 18 And when (S)your people say to you, (T)‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ 19 say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am about to take (U)the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the (V)stick of Judah,[b] and (W)make them one stick, (X)that they may be one in my hand. 20 When the sticks on which you write are in your hand (Y)before their eyes, 21 then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, (Z)I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and (AA)bring them to their own land. 22 And (AB)I will make them one nation in the land, on (AC)the mountains of Israel. And (AD)one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer (AE)two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. 23 (AF)They shall not (AG)defile themselves anymore (AH)with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But (AI)I will save them from all the backslidings[c] in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and (AJ)they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
24 “My servant (AK)David (AL)shall be king over them, and they shall all have (AM)one shepherd. (AN)They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 (AO)They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there (AP)forever, and David my servant shall be their prince (AQ)forever. 26 (AR)I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be (AS)an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land[d] and (AT)multiply them, and will (AU)set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 (AV)My dwelling place shall be with them, (AW)and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 Then (AX)the nations will know that (AY)I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when (AZ)my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”
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- Ezekiel 37:16 Or one piece of wood; also verses 17, 19, 20
- Ezekiel 37:19 Hebrew And I will place them on it, the stick of Judah
- Ezekiel 37:23 Many Hebrew manuscripts; other Hebrew manuscripts dwellings
- Ezekiel 37:26 Hebrew lacks in their land
Ezekiel 36:8-15
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8 “But you, O mountains of Israel, (A)shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for (B)they will soon come home. 9 For (C)behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and (D)you shall be tilled and sown. 10 And (E)I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. (F)The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt. 11 And I will multiply on you (G)man and beast, and (H)they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in (I)your former times, and (J)will do more good to you than ever before. (K)Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12 I will let people walk on you, even my people Israel. (L)And they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer (M)bereave them of children. 13 Thus says the Lord God: Because they say to you, (N)‘You devour people, and you bereave your nation of children,’ 14 therefore you shall no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the Lord God. 15 And I will not let you hear anymore (O)the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord God.”
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Ezekiel 34:22-31
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22 I will rescue[a] my flock; (A)they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23 And (B)I will set up over them one shepherd, (C)my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And (D)I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. (E)I am the Lord; I have spoken.
The Lord's Covenant of Peace
25 (F)“I will make with them a covenant of peace and (G)banish wild beasts from the land, (H)so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 And I will make them and the places all around my hill (I)a blessing, and (J)I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be (K)showers of blessing. 27 (L)And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, (M)and they shall be secure in their land. And (N)they shall know that I am the Lord, when (O)I break the bars of their yoke, and (P)deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them. 28 (Q)They shall no more be a prey to the nations, (R)nor shall the beasts of the land devour them. (S)They shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid. 29 And I will provide for them (T)renowned plantations so that (U)they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer (V)suffer the reproach of the nations. 30 And they shall know that (W)I am the Lord their God with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, declares the Lord God. 31 And you are my sheep, (X)human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord God.”
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- Ezekiel 34:22 Or save
Ezekiel 20:10
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10 (A)So I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
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Jeremiah 33:6-26
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6 (A)Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security. 7 (B)I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, (C)and rebuild them as they were (D)at first. 8 (E)I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, (F)and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. 9 (G)And this city[a] shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall (H)fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.
10 “Thus says the Lord: In this place (I)of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again 11 (J)the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring (K)thank offerings to the house of the Lord:
(L)“‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
for the Lord is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!’
(M)For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.
12 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: (N)In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be (O)habitations of shepherds (P)resting their flocks. 13 (Q)In the cities of the hill country, (R)in the cities of the Shephelah, (S)and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, (T)the places about Jerusalem, (U)and in the cities of Judah, (V)flocks shall again pass under the hands (W)of the one who counts them, says the Lord.
The Lord's Eternal Covenant with David
14 (X)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when (Y)I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous (Z)Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days Judah will be saved, (AA)and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: (AB)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
17 “For thus says the Lord: (AC)David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, 18 (AD)and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices forever.”
19 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 20 (AE)“Thus says the Lord: (AF)If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, (AG)so that day and night will not come at their appointed time, 21 (AH)then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers. 22 As (AI)the host of heaven cannot be numbered and (AJ)the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.”
23 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 24 “Have you not observed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two clans that he chose’? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight. 25 Thus says the Lord: (AK)If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (AL)For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.”
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- Jeremiah 33:9 Hebrew And it
Jeremiah 32:36-41
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They Shall Be My People; I Will Be Their God
36 “Now therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, (A)‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence’: 37 (B)Behold, I will gather them from all the countries (C)to which I drove them in (D)my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, (E)and I will make them dwell in safety. 38 (F)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 39 (G)I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, (H)for their own good and the good of their children after them. 40 (I)I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. (J)And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. 41 (K)I will rejoice in doing them good, (L)and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
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Jeremiah 31:1-37
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The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy
31 (A)“At that time, declares the Lord, (B)I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”
2 Thus says the Lord:
“The people who survived the sword
found grace in the wilderness;
(C)when Israel sought for rest,
3 the Lord appeared to him[a] from far away.
(D)I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore (E)I have continued (F)my faithfulness to you.
4 (G)Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
(H)Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
and shall go forth in (I)the dance of the merrymakers.
5 (J)Again you shall plant vineyards
on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant
and shall enjoy the fruit.
6 For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
in (K)the hill country of Ephraim:
(L)‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.’”
7 For thus says the Lord:
(M)“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
and raise shouts for (N)the chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
(O)‘O Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.’
8 Behold, I will bring them (P)from the north country
and (Q)gather them from (R)the farthest parts of the earth,
among them (S)the blind and the lame,
the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
a great company, they shall return here.
9 (T)With weeping they shall come,
(U)and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them (V)walk by brooks of water,
(W)in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for (X)I am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is (Y)my firstborn.
10 “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, ‘He who scattered Israel will (Z)gather him,
and will keep him (AA)as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
11 (AB)For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
and has redeemed him from (AC)hands too strong for him.
12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
(AD)and they shall be radiant (AE)over the goodness of the Lord,
(AF)over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
(AG)their life shall be like a watered garden,
(AH)and they shall languish no more.
13 (AI)Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
(AJ)I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
14 (AK)I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance,
and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness,
declares the Lord.”
15 Thus says the Lord:
(AL)“A voice is heard in (AM)Ramah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
(AN)Rachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
(AO)because they are no more.”
16 Thus says the Lord:
“Keep your voice from weeping,
and your eyes from tears,
for there is a reward for your work,
declares the Lord,
and (AP)they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
17 (AQ)There is hope for your future,
declares the Lord,
and your children shall come back to their own country.
18 I have heard (AR)Ephraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
(AS)bring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
19 For after (AT)I had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, (AU)I struck my thigh;
(AV)I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 (AW)Is Ephraim my dear son?
(AX)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
(AY)Therefore my heart[b] yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.
21 (AZ)“Set up road markers for yourself;
make yourself guideposts;
(BA)consider well the highway,
(BB)the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
return to these your cities.
22 (BC)How long will you waver,
(BD)O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
a woman encircles a man.”
23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, (BE)when I restore their fortunes:
24 (BI)And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and (BJ)the farmers and those who wander with their flocks. 25 For I will (BK)satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”
26 At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.
27 (BL)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when (BM)I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with (BN)the seed of man and the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass that (BO)as I have watched over them (BP)to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, (BQ)so I will watch over them (BR)to build and to plant, declares the Lord. 29 In those days they shall no longer say:
(BS)“‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children's teeth are set on edge.’
30 (BT)But everyone shall die for his own iniquity. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
The New Covenant
31 (BU)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make (BV)a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when (BW)I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, (BX)though I was their husband, declares the Lord. 33 (BY)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: (BZ)I will put my law within them, and I will write it (CA)on their hearts. (CB)And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ (CC)for they shall all know me, (CD)from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For (CE)I will forgive their iniquity, and (CF)I will remember their sin no more.”
35 Thus says the Lord,
who (CG)gives the sun for light by day
and (CH)the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
(CI)the Lord of hosts is his name:
36 (CJ)“If this fixed order departs
from before me, declares the Lord,
then shall the offspring of Israel cease
from being a nation before me forever.”
37 Thus says the Lord:
“If the heavens above can be measured,
and the foundations of the earth below can be explored,
(CK)then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel
for all that they have done,
declares the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:3 Septuagint; Hebrew me
- Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew bowels
Jeremiah 30:18-22
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18 “Thus says the Lord:
Behold, (A)I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city shall be rebuilt on (B)its mound,
and the palace shall stand where it used to be.
19 (C)Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,
and the voices of those who celebrate.
(D)I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
20 (E)Their children shall be as they were of old,
and their congregation shall be established before me,
and I will punish all who oppress them.
21 (F)Their prince shall be one of themselves;
(G)their ruler shall come out from their midst;
(H)I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,
(I)for who would dare of himself to approach me?
declares the Lord.
22 (J)And you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.”
Jeremiah 16:14
English Standard Version
The Lord Will Restore Israel
14 (A)“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when it shall no longer be said, (B)‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’
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Jeremiah 3:12-24
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12 Go, and proclaim these words toward (A)the north, and say,
(B)“‘Return, faithless Israel,
declares the Lord.
I will not look on you in anger,
for (C)I am merciful,
declares the Lord;
(D)I will not be angry forever.
13 (E)Only acknowledge your guilt,
that you rebelled against the Lord your God
and scattered your favors among foreigners under (F)every green tree,
and that you have not obeyed my voice,
declares the Lord.
14 (G)Return, O faithless children,
declares the Lord;
(H)for I am your master;
I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,
and I will bring you to Zion.
15 “‘And (I)I will give you shepherds after my own heart, (J)who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. 16 And when you have multiplied and been fruitful in the land, in those days, declares the Lord, they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant of the Lord.” It shall not come to mind or be remembered or missed; it shall not be made again. 17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, (K)and all nations shall gather to it, (L)to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart. 18 (M)In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land (N)of the north to (O)the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.
19 “‘I said,
How I would set you among my sons,
and give you a pleasant land,
a heritage most beautiful of all nations.
And I thought you would (P)call me, My Father,
and would not turn from following me.
20 (Q)Surely, as a treacherous wife leaves her husband,
so have you been treacherous to me, O house of Israel,
declares the Lord.’”
21 A voice on the (R)bare heights is heard,
(S)the weeping and pleading of Israel's sons
because they have perverted their way;
they have forgotten the Lord their God.
22 (T)“Return, O faithless sons;
(U)I will heal your faithlessness.”
“Behold, we come to you,
for you are the Lord our God.
23 Truly (V)the hills are a delusion,
the orgies[a] on the mountains.
(W)Truly in the Lord our God
is the salvation of Israel.
24 “But from our youth the shameful thing has devoured all for which our fathers labored, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
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- Jeremiah 3:23 Hebrew commotion
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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