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Jeremiah 31

Israel's Mourning Turned to Joy

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"At that time," declares the LORD, "I will be the  aGod of all the  bfamilies of Israel, and they shall be My people."

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Thus says the LORD, "The people who survived the sword  aFound grace in the wilderness-- Israel, when it went to  bfind its rest."

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The LORD appeared to  1him from afar, saying, "I have  aloved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with  blovingkindness.

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aAgain I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you will  1take up your  btambourines, And go forth to the dances of the  cmerrymakers.

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"Again you will  aplant vineyards On the  1hills of Samaria; The planters will plant And will  2enjoy them.

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"For there will be a day when watchmen On the hills of Ephraim call out, `Arise, and  alet us go up to Zion, To the LORD our God.' "

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For thus says the LORD, " aSing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the  1 bchief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise and say, `O LORD,  csave Your people, The  dremnant of Israel.'

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"Behold, I am  abringing them from the north country, And I will  bgather them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them the  cblind and the  dlame, The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together; A great  1company, they will return here.

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aWith weeping they will come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by  bstreams of waters, On a straight path in which they will  cnot stumble; For I am a  dfather to Israel, And Ephraim is  eMy firstborn."

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Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, And declare in the  acoastlands afar off, And say, "He who scattered Israel will  bgather him And keep him as a  cshepherd keeps his flock."

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For the LORD has  aransomed Jacob And redeemed him from the hand of him who was  bstronger than he.

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"They will  acome and shout for joy on the  bheight of Zion, And they will be  cradiant over the  1bounty of the LORD-- Over the  dgrain and the new wine and the oil, And over the young of the  eflock and the herd; And their life will be like a  fwatered garden, And they will  gnever languish again.

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"Then the virgin will rejoice in the  adance, And the young men and the old, together, For I will  bturn their mourning into joy And will comfort them and give them  cjoy for their sorrow.

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"I will  1fill the soul of the priests with  2abundance, And My people will be  asatisfied with My goodness," declares the LORD.

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Thus says the LORD, " aA voice is heard in  bRamah, Lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She  crefuses to be comforted for her children, Because  dthey are no more."

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Thus says the LORD, " aRestrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears; For your  bwork will be rewarded," declares the LORD, "And they will  creturn from the land of the enemy.

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"There is  ahope for your future," declares the LORD, "And your children will return to their own territory.

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"I have surely heard Ephraim  agrieving, `You have  bchastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained  ccalf;  dBring me back that I may be restored, For You are the LORD my God.

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`For after I turned back, I  arepented; And after I was instructed, I  bsmote on my thigh; I was  cashamed and also humiliated Because I bore the reproach of my youth.'

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"Is  aEphraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My  1 bheart yearns for him; I will surely  chave mercy on him," declares the LORD.

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"Set up for yourself roadmarks, Place for yourself guideposts;  aDirect your  1mind to the highway, The way by which you went.  bReturn, O virgin of Israel, Return to these your cities.

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"How long will you go here and there, O  afaithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth-- A woman will encompass a man."

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Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I  arestore their  1fortunes, `The LORD bless you, O  babode of righteousness, O  choly hill!'

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"Judah and all its cities will  adwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.

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aFor I satisfy the weary ones and  1refresh everyone who languishes."

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At this I  aawoke and looked, and my  bsleep was pleasant to me.

A New Covenant

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"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will  asow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

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"As I have  awatched over them to  bpluck up, to break down, to overthrow, to destroy and to bring disaster, so I will watch over them to  cbuild and to plant," declares the LORD.

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"In those days they will not say again, ` aThe fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are  1set on edge.'

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"But  aeveryone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be  1set on edge.

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aBehold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a  bnew covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

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not like the  acovenant which I made with their fathers in the day I  btook them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My  ccovenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them," declares the LORD.

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"But  athis is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD, " bI will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and  cI will be their God, and they shall be My people.

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"They will  anot teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, `Know the LORD,' for they will all  bknow Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the LORD, "for I will  cforgive their iniquity, and their  dsin I will remember no more."

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Thus says the LORD, Who  agives the sun for light by day And the  1fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who  bstirs up the sea so that its waves roar;  cThe LORD of hosts is His name:

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aIf  1this fixed order departs From before Me," declares the LORD, "Then the offspring of Israel also will  bcease From being a nation before Me  2forever."

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Thus says the LORD, " aIf the heavens above can be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also  bcast off all the offspring of Israel For all that they have done," declares the LORD.

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"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the  acity will be rebuilt for the LORD from the  bTower of Hananel to the  cCorner Gate.

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"The  ameasuring line will go out farther straight ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah.

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"And  athe whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook  bKidron, to the corner of the  cHorse Gate toward the east, shall be  dholy to the LORD; it will not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever."



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