Jeremiah 30:19-31:8

English Standard Version

¹⁹^(A)Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,
    and the voices of those who celebrate.
^(B)I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
    I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
²⁰^(C)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^(D)Their prince shall be one of themselves;
    ^(E)their ruler shall come out from their midst;
^(F)I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,
    ^(G)for who would dare of himself to approach me?
declares the Lord.
²²^(H)And you shall be my people,
    and I will be your God.”

²³^(I)Behold ^(J)the storm of the Lord!
    Wrath has gone forth,
a whirling tempest;
    it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
²⁴^(K)The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back
    until he has executed and accomplished
    the intentions of his mind.
^(L)In the latter days you will understand this.

The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy

31 ^(M)“At that time, declares the Lord, ^(N)I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”

²Thus says the Lord:
“The people who survived the sword
    found grace in the wilderness;
^(O)when Israel sought for rest,
³    the Lord appeared to him^[a] from far away.
^(P)I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    therefore ^(Q)I have continued ^(R)my faithfulness to you.
⁴^(S)Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
    O virgin Israel!
^(T)Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
    and shall go forth in ^(U)the dance of the merrymakers.
⁵^(V)Again you shall plant vineyards
    on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant
    and shall enjoy the fruit.
⁶For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
    in ^(W)the hill country of Ephraim:
^(X)‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”

⁷For thus says the Lord:
^(Y)“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
    and raise shouts for ^(Z)the chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
    ^(AA)‘O Lord, save your people,
    the remnant of Israel.’
⁸Behold, I will bring them ^(AB)from the north country
    and ^(AC)gather them from ^(AD)the farthest parts of the earth,
among them ^(AE)the blind and the lame,
    the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
    a great company, they shall return here.