(A)“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (B)the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, (C)weeping as they come, and they (D)shall seek the Lord their God. (E)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, (F)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an (G)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

(H)“My people have been lost sheep. (I)Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold. All who found them have devoured them, (J)and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for (K)they have sinned against the Lord, (L)their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, (M)the hope of their fathers.’

(N)“Flee from the midst of Babylon, (O)and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as male goats before the flock.

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“In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(A)
    will go in tears(B) to seek(C) the Lord their God.
They will ask the way(D) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(E) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant(F)
    that will not be forgotten.

“My people have been lost sheep;(G)
    their shepherds(H) have led them astray(I)
    and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill(J)
    and forgot their own resting place.(K)
Whoever found them devoured(L) them;
    their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,(M)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
    the Lord, the hope(N) of their ancestors.’

“Flee(O) out of Babylon;(P)
    leave the land of the Babylonians,
    and be like the goats that lead the flock.

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