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26 Then I awoke and looked around, and I had had a pleasant sleep.

Restoration and Responsibility

27 “Look, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I’ll sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah using people and animals as seed.[a] 28 Just as I’ve watched over them to pull up, tear down, overthrow, destroy, and bring disaster, so I’ll watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:27 Lit. with the seed of people and the seed of animals

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

27 “The days are coming,”(B) declares the Lord, “when I will plant(C) the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals. 28 Just as I watched(D) over them to uproot(E) and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster,(F) so I will watch over them to build and to plant,”(G) declares the Lord.

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