Jeremiah 31:27-40

New International Version

²⁷“The days are coming,”^(A) declares the Lord, “when I will plant^(B) the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals. ²⁸Just as I watched^(C) over them to uproot^(D) and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster,^(E) so I will watch over them to build and to plant,”^(F) declares the Lord. ²⁹“In those days people will no longer say,

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

³⁰Instead, everyone will die for their own sin;^(I) whoever eats sour grapes—their own teeth will be set on edge.

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.
³²It 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)
³⁴No 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.”

³⁵This is what the Lord says,

he who appoints^(V) the sun
    to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
    to shine by night,^(W)
who stirs up the sea^(X)
    so that its waves roar^(Y)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name:^(Z)
³⁶“Only if these decrees^(AA) vanish from my sight,”
    declares the Lord,
“will Israel^(AB) ever cease
    being a nation before me.”

³⁷This is what the Lord says:

“Only if the heavens above can be measured^(AC)
and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject^(AD) all the descendants of Israel
because of all they have done,”
declares the Lord.

³⁸“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when this city will be rebuilt^(AE) for me from the Tower of Hananel^(AF) to the Corner Gate.^(AG) ³⁹The measuring line^(AH) will stretch from there straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to Goah. ⁴⁰The whole valley^(AI) where dead bodies^(AJ) and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley^(AK) on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate,^(AL) will be holy^(AM) to the Lord. The city will never again be uprooted or demolished.”

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 31:32 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac / and I turned away from
Jeremiah 31:32 Or was their master

Jeremiah 32:36-42

New International Version

³⁶“You are saying about this city, ‘By the sword, famine and plague^(A) it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon’; but this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ³⁷I will surely gather^(B) them from all the lands where I banish them in my furious anger^(C) and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety.^(D) ³⁸They will be my people,^(E) and I will be their God. ³⁹I will give them singleness^(F) of heart and action, so that they will always fear^(G) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. ⁴⁰I will make an everlasting covenant^(H) with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire^(I) them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.^(J) ⁴¹I will rejoice^(K) in doing them good^(L) and will assuredly plant^(M) them in this land with all my heart and soul.^(N)

⁴²“This is what the Lord says: As I have brought all this great calamity^(O) on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised^(P) them.

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