Jeremiah 31:1-6

Holman Christian Standard Bible

God’s Relationship with His People

31 “At that time”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“I will be the God of all the families of Israel,^(A) and they will be My people.”

²This is what the Lord says:

They found favor in the wilderness^(B)—
the people who survived the sword.
When Israel went to find rest,
³the Lord appeared to him^[a] from far away.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.^(C)
⁴Again I will build you so that you will be rebuilt,
Virgin Israel.
You will take up your tambourines again^(D)
and go out in joyful dancing.
⁵You will plant vineyards again
on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters will plant and will enjoy the fruit.^(E)
⁶For there will be a day when watchmen will call out
in the hill country of Ephraim,
“Get up, let’s go up to Zion,^(F)
to Yahweh our God!”