At the same time, saith
the LORD
, will I be the God
of all the families
of Israel
, and they shall be my people
.
Thus saith the LORD
, The people
which were left
of the sword
found
grace
in the wilderness
; even Israel
, when I went
to cause him to rest
.
The LORD hath appeared
of old
unto me, saying , Yea, I have loved
thee with an everlasting
love
: therefore with lovingkindness
have I drawn
thee.
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built
, O virgin
of Israel
: thou shalt again be adorned
with thy tabrets
, and shalt go forth
in the dances
of them that make merry
.
Thou shalt yet plant vines
upon the mountains
of Samaria
: the planters
shall plant
, and shall eat them as common things
.
For there shall be a day
, that the watchmen
upon the mount
Ephraim
shall cry
, Arise
ye, and let us go up
to Zion
unto the LORD
our God
.
For thus saith the LORD
; Sing
with gladness
for Jacob
, and shout
among the chief
of the nations
: publish
ye, praise
ye, and say
, O LORD
, save
thy people
, the remnant
of Israel
.
Behold, I will bring them from the north
country
, and gather
them from the coasts
of the earth
, and with them the blind
and the lame
, the woman with child
and her that travaileth with child
together
: a great
company
shall return
thither.
They shall come with weeping
, and with supplications
will I lead
them: I will cause them to walk
by the rivers
of waters
in a straight
way
, wherein they shall not stumble
: for I am a father
to Israel
, and Ephraim
is my firstborn
.
Hear the word
of the LORD
, O ye nations
, and declare
it in the isles
afar off
, and say
, He that scattered
Israel
will gather
him, and keep
him, as a shepherd
doth his flock
.
For the LORD hath redeemed
Jacob
, and ransomed
him from the hand
of him that was stronger
than he.
Therefore they shall come and sing
in the height
of Zion
, and shall flow together
to the goodness
of the LORD
, for wheat
, and for wine
, and for oil
, and for the young
of the flock
and of the herd
: and their soul
shall be as a watered
garden
; and they shall not sorrow
any more
at all.
Then shall the virgin rejoice
in the dance
, both young men
and old
together
: for I will turn
their mourning
into joy
, and will comfort
them, and make them rejoice
from their sorrow
.
And I will satiate the soul
of the priests
with fatness
, and my people
shall be satisfied
with my goodness
, saith
the LORD
.
Thus saith the LORD
; A voice
was heard
in Ramah
, lamentation
, and bitter
weeping
; Rahel
weeping
for her children
refused
to be comforted
for her children
, because they were not.
Thus saith the LORD
; Refrain
thy voice
from weeping
, and thine eyes
from tears
: for thy work
shall be
rewarded
, saith
the LORD
; and they shall come again
from the land
of the enemy
.
And there is hope
in thine end
, saith
the LORD
, that thy children
shall come again
to their own border
.
I have surely heard
Ephraim
bemoaning
himself thus ; Thou hast chastised
me, and I was chastised
, as a bullock
unaccustomed
to the yoke : turn
thou me, and I shall be turned
; for thou art the LORD
my God
.
Surely after that I was turned
, I repented
; and after
that I was instructed
, I smote
upon my thigh
: I was ashamed
, yea, even confounded
, because I did bear
the reproach
of my youth
.
Is Ephraim my dear
son
? is he a pleasant
child
? for since
I spake
against him, I do earnestly
remember
him still: therefore my bowels
are troubled
for him; I will surely
have mercy
upon him, saith
the LORD
.
Set thee up waymarks
, make
thee high heaps
: set
thine heart
toward the highway
, even the way
which thou wentest
: turn again
, O virgin
of Israel
, turn again
to these thy cities
.
How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding
daughter
? for the LORD
hath created
a new thing
in the earth
, A woman
shall compass
a man
.
Thus saith the LORD
of hosts
, the God
of Israel
; As yet they shall use
this speech
in the land
of Judah
and in the cities
thereof, when I shall bring again
their captivity
; The LORD
bless
thee, O habitation
of justice
, and mountain
of holiness
.
And there shall dwell in Judah
itself, and in all the cities
thereof together
, husbandmen
, and they that go forth
with flocks
.
For I have satiated the weary
soul
, and I have replenished
every sorrowful
soul
.
Upon this I awaked, and beheld
; and my sleep
was sweet
unto me.
Behold, the days come
, saith
the LORD
, that I will sow
the house
of Israel
and the house
of Judah
with the seed
of man
, and with the seed
of beast
.
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up
, and to break down
, and to throw down
, and to destroy
, and to afflict
; so will I watch over
them, to build
, and to plant
, saith
the LORD
.
In those days they shall say
no more, The fathers
have eaten
a sour grape
, and the children's
teeth
are set on edge
.
But every one shall die
for his own iniquity
: every man
that eateth
the sour grape
, his teeth
shall be set on edge
.
Behold, the days come
, saith
the LORD
, that I will make
a new
covenant
with the house
of Israel
, and with the house
of Judah
:
Not according to the covenant that I made
with their fathers
in the day
that I took
them by the hand
to bring them out
of the land
of Egypt
; which my covenant
they brake
, although I was an husband
unto them, saith
the LORD
:
But this shall be the covenant that I will make
with the house
of Israel
; After
those days
, saith
the LORD
, I will put
my law
in their inward parts
, and write
it in their hearts
; and will be their God
, and they shall be my people
.
And they shall teach no more every man
his neighbour
, and every man
his brother
, saying
, Know
the LORD
: for they shall all know
me, from the least
of them unto the greatest
of them, saith
the LORD
: for I will forgive
their iniquity
, and I will remember
their sin
no more.
Thus saith the LORD
, which giveth
the sun
for a light
by day
, and the ordinances
of the moon
and of the stars
for a light
by night
, which divideth
the sea
when the waves
thereof roar
; The LORD
of hosts
is his name
:
If those ordinances depart
from before
me, saith
the LORD
, then the seed
of Israel
also shall cease
from being a nation
before
me for ever
.
Thus saith the LORD
; If heaven
above
can be measured
, and the foundations
of the earth
searched out
beneath
, I will also cast off
all the seed
of Israel
for all that they have done
, saith
the LORD
.
Behold, the days come
, saith
the LORD
, that the city
shall be built
to the LORD
from the tower
of Hananeel
unto the gate
of the corner
.
And the measuring line
shall yet go forth
over against it upon the hill
Gareb
, and shall compass about
to Goath
.
And the whole valley of the dead bodies
, and of the ashes
, and all the fields
unto the brook
of Kidron
, unto the corner
of the horse
gate
toward the east
, shall be holy
unto the LORD
; it shall not be plucked up
, nor thrown down
any more for ever
.