Jeremiah 31:21-26
English Standard Version
21 (A)“Set up road markers for yourself;
make yourself guideposts;
(B)consider well the highway,
(C)the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
return to these your cities.
22 (D)How long will you waver,
(E)O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
a woman encircles a man.”
23 Thus 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, (F)when I restore their fortunes:
24 (J)And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and (K)the farmers and those who wander with their flocks. 25 For I will (L)satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”
26 At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.
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Jeremiah 31:21-26
Common English Bible
21 Set up markers,
put up signs;
think about the road you have traveled,
the path you have taken.
Return, virgin Israel;
return to these towns of yours.
22 How long will you hem and haw,
my rebellious daughter?
The Lord has created something new on earth:
Virgin Israel will once again embrace her God![a]
23 The Lord of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: When I bring my people[b] back from captivity, they will once again utter these words in the land and towns of Judah:
The Lord bless you,
righteous dwelling place,
holy mountain.
24 Those who live in Judah and its towns will dwell together with farmers and shepherds. 25 I will strengthen the weary and renew those who are weak.
26 Then I woke up and looked around. What a pleasant sleep I had!
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- Jeremiah 31:22 Or a woman surrounds a man
- Jeremiah 31:23 Or them
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