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21 ‘People of Israel, put up signs along the roads,
    so that you know the way to go.
Remember the road that you travelled on
    when you went away from your land.
Now return, my special people, Israel.
    Return to your cities that you had to leave.
22 You went away from me,
    like a daughter who refuses to obey her father.
Do not continue to turn away from me.
I, the Lord, promise to do a new thing.
    Women will take care of men!’

The people of Judah will be strong again

23 The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this:

‘I will bring my people back from the land where they have been prisoners. Then the people in the towns of Judah will again say, “We pray that the Lord will bless you, Jerusalem. You are the special place where he lives on his holy mountain!”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 31:23 The holy mountain is the hill in Jerusalem where the temple was.

21 “Set up road signs;
    put up guideposts.(A)
Take note of the highway,(B)
    the road that you take.
Return,(C) Virgin(D) Israel,
    return to your towns.
22 How long will you wander,(E)
    unfaithful(F) Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing(G) on earth—
    the woman will return to[a](H) the man.”

23 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity,[b](I) the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: ‘The Lord bless(J) you, you prosperous city,(K) you sacred mountain.’(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:22 Or will protect
  2. Jeremiah 31:23 Or I restore their fortunes