⁴ The Lord says, “At that time [^Land in those days]
    the ·people [^Lsons] of Israel and Judah will come together.
    They will cry and ·look for [^Lseek] the Lord their God.
⁵ Those people will ask ·how to go [^Lthe way/path] to ·Jerusalem [^LZion; ^Cthe location of the Temple]
    and will start in that direction.
They will come and join themselves to the Lord.
    They will make an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with him that will last forever,
an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] that will never be forgotten [31:31–34].

⁶ “My people have been like lost sheep.
    Their ·leaders [^Lshepherds] have led them ·in the wrong way [astray]
and made them wander around in the mountains and hills.
    They forgot where their ·resting place [fold] was [Ps. 23].
⁷ Whoever ·saw [^Lfound] my people ·hurt [^Ldevoured] them.
    And those ·enemies [foes] said, ‘We ·did nothing wrong [are not guilty].
Those people sinned against the Lord, their ·true [^Lrighteous] ·resting place [fold],
    the God their fathers ·trusted [hoped in].’

⁸ “·Run away [Flee] from Babylon,
    and leave the land of the ·Babylonians [^LChaldeans].
    Be like the goats that lead the flock.
⁹ I will soon ·arouse [^Lstir up] and bring against Babylon
    ·many great nations [a large assembly of nations] from the north [^Cled by Persia].
They will take their places for war against it,
    and it will be captured ·by people from the north [^Lfrom there].
Their arrows are like trained soldiers
    who do not return [^Cfrom war] with empty hands.
¹⁰ The ·enemy will take all the wealth from the Babylonians [^LChaldeans will be plundered].
    ·Those enemy soldiers will get all they want [^LThe plunderers will be satisfied/sated],” says the Lord.