Jeremiah 31:21-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 Set up road markers for yourself;
make yourself signposts;
consider well the highway,
the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
return to these your cities.(A)
22 How long will you waver,
O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
a woman encompasses[a] 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 towns when I restore their fortunes:
“The Lord bless you, O abode of righteousness,
O holy hill!”(B)
24 And Judah and all its towns shall live there together, and the farmers and those who wander with their flocks.(C)
25 I will satisfy the weary,
and all who are faint I will replenish.(D)
26 Thereupon I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.
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- 31.22 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Jeremiah 31:21-26
International Standard Version
21 Set up markers for yourselves.
Erect signposts for yourselves.
Pay attention to the highway,
to the road you traveled.
Return, virgin Israel,
return to these cities of yours.
22 How long will you go this way and that,
rebellious daughter?
Indeed, the Lord will create a new thing on the earth;
a woman will protect[a] a man.
23 This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: “They’ll again speak this message in the land of Judah and its towns when I restore their fortunes:[b] ‘The Lord bless you, righteous dwelling, holy mountain.’ 24 Judah and all its towns will live together in the land,[c] along with farmers and those who follow the flock. 25 I’ll provide abundance for those who are weary, and fill all who are faint.” 26 Then I awoke and looked around, and I had had a pleasant sleep.
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- Jeremiah 31:22 Lit. surround
- Jeremiah 31:23 Or return them from captivity
- Jeremiah 31:24 Lit. in it
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