Jeremiah 30:19-31:8

New International Version

¹⁹From them will come songs^(A) of thanksgiving^(B)
    and the sound of rejoicing.^(C)
I will add to their numbers,^(D)
    and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,^(E)
    and they will not be disdained.
²⁰Their children^(F) will be as in days of old,
    and their community will be established^(G) before me;
    I will punish^(H) all who oppress them.
²¹Their leader^(I) will be one of their own;
    their ruler will arise from among them.^(J)
I will bring him near^(K) and he will come close to me—
    for who is he who will devote himself
    to be close to me?’
declares the Lord.
²²“‘So you will be my people,^(L)
    and I will be your God.^(M)’”

²³See, the storm^(N) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a driving wind swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.
²⁴The fierce anger^(O) of the Lord will not turn back^(P)
    until he fully accomplishes
    the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
    you will understand^(Q) this.

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

²This is what the Lord says:

“The people who survive the sword
will find favor^(S) in the wilderness;
I will come to give rest^(T) to Israel.”

³The Lord appeared to us in the past,^[a] saying:

“I have loved^(U) you with an everlasting love;
    I have drawn^(V) you with unfailing kindness.
⁴I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin^(W) Israel, will be rebuilt.^(X)
Again you will take up your timbrels^(Y)
    and go out to dance^(Z) with the joyful.^(AA)
⁵Again you will plant^(AB) vineyards
    on the hills of Samaria;^(AC)
the farmers will plant them
    and enjoy their fruit.^(AD)
⁶There will be a day when watchmen^(AE) cry out
    on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”^(AF)

⁷This is what the Lord says:

“Sing^(AG) with joy for Jacob;
    shout for the foremost^(AH) of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
    ‘Lord, save^(AI) your people,
    the remnant^(AJ) of Israel.’
⁸See, I will bring them from the land of the north^(AK)
    and gather^(AL) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind^(AM) and the lame,^(AN)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.