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21 “Set up waymarks for yourself,
    make yourself guideposts;
consider well the highway,
    the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
    return to these your cities.
22 How long will you waver,
    O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
    a woman protects a man.”

23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their fortunes:

‘The Lord bless you, O habitation of righteousness,
    O holy hill!’

24 And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and the farmers and those who wander[a] with their flocks. 25 For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”

26 Thereupon I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:24 Cn Compare Syr Vg Tg: Heb and they shall wander

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) 24 People will live(M) together in Judah and all its towns—farmers and those who move about with their flocks.(N) 25 I will refresh the weary(O) and satisfy the faint.”(P)

26 At this I awoke(Q) and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.

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