Jeremiah 31:7-14

New Century Version

“Be happy and sing for the people of Jacob.
    Shout for Israel, the greatest of the nations.
Sing your praises and shout this:
    ‘Lord, save your people,
    those who are left alive from the nation of Israel!’
⁸ Look, I will soon bring Israel from the country in the north,
    and I will gather them from the faraway places on earth.
Some of the people are blind and crippled.
    Some of the women are pregnant, and some are ready to give birth.
    A great many people will come back.
⁹ They will be crying as they come,
    but they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead those people by streams of water
    on an even road where they will not stumble.
I am Israel’s father,
    and Israel is my firstborn son.

¹⁰ “Nations, listen to the message from the Lord.
    Tell this message in the faraway lands by the sea:
‘The one who scattered the people of Israel will bring them back,
    and he will watch over his people like a shepherd.’
¹¹ The Lord will pay for the people of Jacob
    and will buy them back from people stronger than they were.
¹² The people of Israel will come to the high points of Jerusalem
    and shout for joy.
Their faces will shine with happiness about all the good things from the Lord:
    the grain, new wine, oil, young sheep, and young cows.
They will be like a garden that has plenty of water,
    and they will not be troubled anymore.
¹³ Then young women of Israel will be happy and dance,
    the young men and old men also.
I will change their sadness into happiness;
    I will give them comfort and joy instead of sadness.
¹⁴ The priests will have more than enough sacrifices,
    and my people will be filled with the good things I give them!” says the Lord.