Jeremiah 31:2-4
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
2 This is what the Lord says:
The people who survived the sword
found favour in the wilderness.(A)
When Israel went to find rest,(B)
3 the Lord appeared to him[a] from far away.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;(C)
therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.(D)
4 Again I will build you so that you will be rebuilt,
Virgin Israel.(E)
You will take up your tambourines again(F)
and go out in joyful dancing.
Footnotes
- 31:3 LXX; MT reads me
Jeremiah 31:2-4
New International Version
2 This is what the Lord says:
“The people who survive the sword
will find favor(A) in the wilderness;
I will come to give rest(B) to Israel.”
3 The Lord appeared to us in the past,[a] saying:
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar
Jeremiah 31:2-4
King James Version
2 Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
3 The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
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