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21 “Set up for yourself road markers,
    make for yourself signposts,
set your mind[a] to the main road,
    the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin of Israel,
    return to these your cities.
22 How long[b] will you waver, O unfaithful daughter?
For Yahweh has created a new thing on the earth,
    a woman, she shelters a man.”

23 Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “They will again say these words[c] in the land of Judah and in its towns at my restoring their fortunes,[d]

‘Yahweh bless you, O settlement of righteousness,
    O hill of holiness.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:21 Literally “heart”
  2. Jeremiah 31:22 Literally “Until when”
  3. Jeremiah 31:23 Hebrew “word”
  4. Jeremiah 31:23 Hebrew “fortune”

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