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31 At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus saith Jehovah, The people that were left of the sword [a]found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, [b]when I went to cause him to rest. Jehovah appeared [c]of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore [d]with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. Again shalt thou plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall [e]enjoy the fruit thereof. For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto Jehovah our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:2 Or, have found . . . when I go
  2. Jeremiah 31:2 Or, when he went to find him rest
  3. Jeremiah 31:3 Or, from afar
  4. Jeremiah 31:3 Or, have I continued lovingkindness unto thee
  5. Jeremiah 31:5 Hebrew profane, or make common. See Lev. 19:23–25; Dt. 20:6; 28:30.