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Israel’s Mourning Turned to Joy

31 “At that time,” declares Yahweh, “I will be the (A)God of all the (B)families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”

Thus says Yahweh,

“The people who survived the sword
(C)Found grace in the wilderness—
Israel, when it went to (D)find its relief.”
Yahweh appeared to [a]him from afar, saying,
“I have (E)loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore I have drawn you with (F)lovingkindness.
(G)Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
Again you will [b]take up your (H)tambourines
And go forth to the dances of those (I)celebrating.
Again you will (J)plant vineyards
On the [c]hills of Samaria;
The planters will plant
And will [d]enjoy them.
For there will be a day when watchmen
On the hills of Ephraim call out,
‘Arise, and (K)let us go up to Zion,
To Yahweh our God.’”

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  1. Jeremiah 31:3 Lit me
  2. Jeremiah 31:4 Or be adorned with
  3. Jeremiah 31:5 Or mountains
  4. Jeremiah 31:5 Lit defile

31 “At that time,” declares[a] Yahweh,

“I will be the God of all the clans[b] of Israel,
and they will be to me a people.”

Thus says Yahweh:

The people of the survivors of the sword found grace in the desert;[c]
    Israel going to find their rest.”
From afar Yahweh appeared to me, saying,
“I have loved you with an everlasting love.
    Therefore[d] I have drawn you with loyal love.
I will again build you,
    and you will be built, O virgin Israel.
You will again adorn yourself with your tambourines,
    and you will go forth in the dancing in a ring of the merrymakers.
You will again plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria.
    The planters will plant, and they will enjoy it.[e]
For there will be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Ephraim,
    ‘Stand up, and let us go up to Zion, to Yahweh our God.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:1 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Jeremiah 31:1 Or “families”
  3. Jeremiah 31:2 Or “wilderness”
  4. Jeremiah 31:3 Literally “Unto thus”
  5. Jeremiah 31:5 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation