Jeremiah 31:20-25

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²⁰^(A)Is Ephraim my dear son?
    ^(B)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
    I do remember him still.
^(C)Therefore my heart^[a] yearns for him;
    I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.

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

²³Thus 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, ^(I)when I restore their fortunes:

^(J)“‘The Lord bless you, ^(K)O habitation of righteousness,
^(L)O holy hill!’

²⁴^(M)And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and ^(N)the farmers and those who wander with their flocks. ²⁵For I will ^(O)satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”

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