Jeremiah 31:21-26

Living Bible

²¹ As you travel into exile, set up road signs pointing back to Israel. Mark your pathway well. For you shall return again, O virgin Israel, to your cities here. ²² How long will you vacillate, O wayward daughter? For the Lord will cause something new and different to happen—Israel will search for God.^[a]

²³ The Lord, the God of Israel, says: When I bring them back again, they shall say in Judah and her cities, “The Lord bless you, O center of righteousness, O holy hill!” ²⁴ And city dwellers and farmers and shepherds alike shall live together in peace and happiness. ²⁵ For I have given rest to the weary and joy to all the sorrowing.

²⁶ (Then Jeremiah wakened. “Such sleep is very sweet!” he said.)