Jeremiah 31:1-6

New International Reader's Version

31 “At that time I will be the God of all the families of Israel,” announces the Lord. “And they will be my people.”

²The Lord says,

“Some of my people will live through
everything their enemies do to them.
They will find help in the desert.
I will come to give peace and rest to Israel.”

³The Lord appeared to us in the past. He said,

“I have loved you with a love that lasts forever.
    I have kept on loving you with a kindness that never fails.
⁴I will build you up again.
    Nation of Israel, you will be rebuilt.
Once again you will use your tambourines to celebrate.
    You will go out and dance with joy.
⁵Once again you will plant vineyards
    on the hills of Samaria.
Farmers will plant them.
    They will enjoy their fruit.
⁶There will be a day when those on guard duty will cry out.
    They will stand on the hills of Ephraim.
    And they will shout,
‘Come! Let’s go up to Zion.
    Let’s go up to where the Lord our God is.’ ”