ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 31
1. At that time[H6256], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], will I be the God[H430] of all the families[H4940] of Israel[H3478], and they shall be my people[H5971].
2. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], The people[H5971] that were left[H8300] of the sword[H2719] found[H4672] favor[H2580] in the wilderness[H4057]; even Israel[H3478], when I went[H1980] to cause him to rest[H7280].
3. Jehovah[H3068] appeared[H7200] of old[H7350] unto me[H157], saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting[H5769] love[H160]: therefore with lovingkindness[H2617] have I drawn thee[H4900].
4. Again will I build[H1129] thee[H1129], and thou shalt be built, O virgin[H1330] of Israel[H3478]: again shalt thou be adorned[H5710] with thy tabrets[H8596], and shalt go forth[H3318] in the dances[H4234] of them that make merry[H7832].
5. Again shalt thou plant[H5193] vineyards[H3754] upon the mountains[H2022] of Samaria[H8111]; the planters[H5193] shall plant[H5193], and shall enjoy the fruit thereof[H2490].
6. For there shall be[H3426] a day[H3117], that the watchmen[H5341] upon the hills[H2022] of Ephraim[H669] shall cry[H7121], Arise[H6965] ye[H5927], and let us go up to Zion[H6726] unto Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430].
7. For thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Sing[H7442] with gladness[H8057] for Jacob[H3290], and shout[H6670] for the chief[H7218] of the nations[H1471]: publish[H8085] ye[H1984], praise ye[H559], and say, O Jehovah[H3068], save[H3467] thy people[H5971], the remnant[H7611] of Israel[H3478].
8. Behold[H935], I will bring them from the north[H6828] country[H776], and gather[H6908] them from the uttermost parts[H3411] of the earth[H776], and with them the blind[H5787] and the lame[H6455], the woman with child[H2030] and her that travaileth with child[H3205] together[H3162]: a great[H1419] company[H6951] shall they return hither[H7725].
9. They shall come[H935] with weeping[H1065]; and with supplications[H8469] will I lead[H2986] them[H3212]: I will cause them to walk by rivers[H5158] of waters[H4325], in a straight[H3477] way[H1870] wherein they shall not stumble[H3782]; for I am a father[H1] to Israel[H3478], and Ephraim[H669] is my first-born[H1060].
10. Hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], O ye nations[H1471], and declare[H5046] it in the isles[H339] afar off[H4801]; and say[H559], He that scattered[H2219] Israel[H3478] will gather[H6908] him[H8104], and keep him[H7462], as a shepherd doth his flock[H5739].
11. For Jehovah[H3068] hath ransomed[H1350] Jacob[H3290], and redeemed[H6299] him from the hand[H3027] of him that was stronger than he[H2389].
12. And they shall come[H935] and sing[H7442] in the height[H4791] of Zion[H6726], and shall flow unto[H5102] the goodness[H2898] of Jehovah[H3068], to the grain[H1715], and to the new wine[H8492], and to the oil[H3323], and to the young[H1121] of the flock[H6629] and of the herd[H1241]: and their soul[H5315] shall be as a watered[H7302] garden[H1588]; and they shall not sorrow[H1669] any more at all[H3254].
13. Then shall the virgin[H1330] rejoice[H8055] in the dance[H4234], and the young men[H970] and the old[H2205] together[H3162]; for I will turn[H2015] their mourning[H60] into joy[H8342], and will comfort[H5162] them[H8055], and make them rejoice from their sorrow[H3015].
14. And I will satiate[H7301] the soul[H5315] of the priests[H3548] with fatness[H1880], and my people[H5971] shall be satisfied[H7646] with my goodness[H2898], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
15. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: A voice[H6963] is heard[H8085] in Ramah[H7414], lamentation[H5092], and bitter[H8563] weeping[H1065], Rachel[H7354] weeping[H1058] for her children[H1121]; she refuseth[H3985] to be comforted[H5162] for her children[H1121], because they are not.
16. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: Refrain[H4513] thy voice[H6963] from weeping[H1065], and thine eyes[H5869] from tears[H1832]; for thy work[H6468] shall be[H3426] rewarded[H7939], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068]; and they shall come again[H7725] from the land[H776] of the enemy[H341].
17. And there is[H3426] hope[H8615] for thy latter end[H319], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068]; and thy children[H1121] shall come again[H7725] to their own border[H1366].
18. I have surely[H8085] heard[H8085] Ephraim[H669] bemoaning[H5110] himself thus[H3256], Thou hast chastised me[H3256], and I was chastised, as a calf[H5695] unaccustomed[H3808] to the yoke[H7725]: turn thou me[H7725], and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah[H3068] my God[H430].
19. Surely after[H310] that I was turned[H7725], I repented[H5162]; and after[H310] that I was instructed[H3045], I smote[H5606] upon my thigh[H3409]: I was ashamed[H954], yea[H3637], even confounded, because I did bear[H5375] the reproach[H2781] of my youth[H5271].
20. Is Ephraim[H669] my dear[H3357] son[H1121]? is he a darling[H8191] child[H3206]? for as often[H1767] as I speak[H1696] against him[H2142], I do earnestly remember[H2142] him still[H4578]: therefore my heart yearneth[H1993] for him[H7355]; I will surely have mercy[H7355] upon him[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
21. Set thee up[H5324] waymarks[H6725], make[H7760] thee guide-posts[H8564]; set[H7896] thy heart[H3820] toward the highway[H4546], even the way[H1870] by which thou wentest[H1980]: turn again[H7725], O virgin[H1330] of Israel[H3478], turn again[H7725] to these thy cities[H5892].
22. How long wilt thou go hither[H2559] and thither[H7728], O thou backsliding daughter[H1323]? for Jehovah[H3068] hath created[H1254] a new thing[H2319] in the earth[H776]: a woman[H5347] shall encompass[H5437] a man[H1397].
23. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Yet again shall they use[H559] this speech[H1697] in the land[H776] of Judah[H3063] and in the cities[H5892] thereof[H7725], when I shall bring again their captivity[H7622]: Jehovah[H3068] bless[H1288] thee[H5116], O habitation of righteousness[H6664], O mountain[H2022] of holiness[H6944].
24. And Judah[H3063] and all the cities[H5892] thereof shall dwell[H3427] therein together[H3162], the husbandmen[H406], and they that go about[H5265] with flocks[H5739].
25. For I have satiated[H7301] the weary[H5889] soul[H5315], and every sorrowful[H1669] soul[H5315] have I replenished[H4390].
26. Upon this I awaked[H6974], and beheld[H7200]; and my sleep[H8142] was sweet unto me[H6149].
27. Behold[H3117], the days come[H935], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], that I will sow[H2232] the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] and the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] with the seed[H2233] of man[H120], and with the seed[H2233] of beast[H929].
28. And it shall come to pass that[H8245], like as I have watched over them to pluck up[H5428] and to break down[H5422] and to overthrow[H2040] and to destroy[H6] and to afflict[H7489], so will I watch over[H8245] them to build[H1129] and to plant[H5193], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
29. In those days[H3117] they shall say[H559] no more[H1], The fathers have eaten[H398] sour grapes[H1155], and the children[H1121]'s teeth[H8127] are set on edge[H6949].
30. But every one[H376] shall die[H4191] for his own iniquity[H5771]: every man[H120] that eateth[H398] the sour grapes[H1155], his teeth[H8127] shall be set on edge[H6949].
31. Behold[H3117], the days come[H935], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], that I will make[H3772] a new[H2319] covenant[H1285] with the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], and with the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063]:
32. not according to the covenant[H1285] that I made[H3772] with their fathers[H1] in the day[H3117] that I took[H2388] them by the hand[H3027] to bring them out[H3318] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]; which my covenant[H1285] they brake[H6565], although I was a husband[H1166] unto them[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
33. But this is the covenant[H1285] that I will make[H3772] with the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] after[H310] those days[H3117], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068]: I will put[H5414] my law[H8451] in their inward parts[H7130], and in their heart[H3820] will I write[H3789] it[H430]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people[H5971]:
34. and they shall teach[H3925] no more every man[H376] his neighbor[H7453], and every man[H376] his brother[H251], saying[H559], Know[H3045] Jehovah[H3068]; for they shall all know[H3045] me[H6996], from the least of them unto the greatest[H1419] of them[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068]: for I will forgive[H5545] their iniquity[H5771], and their sin[H2403] will I remember no more[H2142].
35. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], who giveth[H5414] the sun[H8121] for a light[H216] by day[H3119], and the ordinances[H2708] of the moon[H3394] and of the stars[H3556] for a light[H216] by night[H3915], who stirreth[H7280] up the sea[H3220], so that the waves[H1530] thereof roar[H1993]; Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] is his name[H8034]:
36. If these ordinances[H2706] depart[H4185] from before[H6440] me[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068], then the seed[H2233] of Israel[H3478] also shall cease[H7673] from being a nation[H1471] before[H6440] me for ever[H3117].
37. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: If heaven[H8064] above[H4605] can be measured[H4058], and the foundations[H4146] of the earth[H776] searched out[H2713] beneath[H4295], then will I also cast off[H3988] all the seed[H2233] of Israel[H3478] for all that they have done[H6213], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
38. Behold[H3117], the days come[H935], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], that the city[H5892] shall be built[H1129] to Jehovah[H3068] from the tower[H4026] of Hananel[H2606] unto the gate[H8179] of the corner[H6438].
39. And the measuring[H4060] line[H6957] shall go out[H3318] further straight onward unto the hill[H1389] Gareb[H1619], and shall turn about[H5437] unto Goah[H1601].
40. And the whole valley[H6010] of the dead bodies[H6297] and of the ashes[H1880], and all the fields[H7709] unto the brook[H5158] Kidron[H6939], unto the corner[H6438] of the horse[H5483] gate[H8179] toward the east[H4217], shall be holy[H6944] unto Jehovah[H3068]; it shall not be plucked up[H5428], nor thrown down[H2040] any more for ever[H5769].
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