Thus saith the Lord, The people which [a]escaped the sword, found grace in the wilderness: [b]he walketh before Israel to cause him to rest.

The Lord hath appeared unto me [c]of old, say they: [d]Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with mercy I have drawn thee.

Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin Israel: thou shalt still [e]be adorned with thy timbrels, and shalt go forth in the dance of them that be joyful.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:2 Which were delivered from the cruelty of Pharaoh.
  2. Jeremiah 31:2 To wit, God.
  3. Jeremiah 31:3 The people thus reason as though he were not so beneficial to them now, as he had been of old.
  4. Jeremiah 31:3 Thus the Lord answereth that his love is not changeable.
  5. Jeremiah 31:4 Thou shalt have still occasion to rejoice: which is meant by timbrels, and dancing, as their custom was after notable victories, Exod. 15:20; Judg. 5:2 and Jer. 18:34.

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