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The Exiles Return

31 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.

Thus says the Lord:

The people who survived the sword
    found grace in the wilderness,
    when I went to give Israel rest.

The Lord has appeared to him from afar, saying:

Indeed, I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.
Again I will build you
    and you will be built, O virgin of Israel.
You will again be adorned with your tambourines
    and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
You will yet plant vines
    on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters will plant
    and will enjoy them.
For there will be a day when the watchmen
    on the hills of Ephraim will proclaim,
“Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.”

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31 “At the same time,” saith the Lord, “will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”

Thus saith the Lord: “The people who were left from the sword found grace in the wilderness, even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.”

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.

Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel; thou shalt again be adorned with thy timbrels, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.

For there shall be a day that the watchmen upon Mount Ephraim shall cry, ‘Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God.’”

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