Israel’s Mourning Turned to Joy: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTER

Jeremiah, Chapter 31, verses 1-26

¹ “At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”	1 Jer 30:22 Gen 17:7 Gen 17:8 Isa 41:10 Rom 11:26-28
² Thus says the LORD, “The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness— Israel, when it went to find its rest.” ³ The LORD appeared to^a Lit mehim from afar, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. ⁴ “Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you will^b Or be adorned withtake up your tambourines, And go forth to the dances of the merrymakers. ⁵ “Again you will plant vineyards On the^c Or mountainshills of Samaria; The planters will plant And will^d Lit defileenjoy them. ⁶ “For there will be a day when watchmen On the hills of Ephraim call out, ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion, To the LORD our God.’”	2 Num 14:20 Exo 33:14 Num 10:33 Deu 1:33 Jos 1:13 3 Deu 4:37 Deu 7:8 Mal 1:2 Psa 25:6 4 Jer 24:6 Jer 33:7 Isa 30:32 Jer 30:19 5 Psa 107:37 Isa 65:21 Eze 28:26 Amo 9:14 6 Isa 2:3 Jer 31:12 Jer 50:4 Jer 50:5 Mic 4:2
⁷ For thus says the LORD, “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the^e Lit headchief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, The remnant of Israel.’ ⁸ “Behold, I am bringing them from the north country, And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together; A great^f Or assemblycompany, they will return here. ⁹ “With weeping they will come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, On a straight path in which they will not stumble; For I am a father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.”	7 Psa 14:7 Jer 20:13 Deu 28:13 Isa 61:9 Psa 28:9 Isa 37:31 Jer 23:3 8 Jer 3:18 Jer 23:8 Deu 30:4 Isa 43:6 Eze 34:13 Isa 42:16 Isa 40:11 Eze 34:16 Mic 4:6 9 Psa 126:5 Jer 50:4 Isa 43:20 Isa 49:10 Isa 63:13 Isa 64:8 Jer 3:4 Jer 3:19 Exo 4:22
¹⁰ Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, And declare in the coastlands afar off, And say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him And keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.” ¹¹ For the LORD has ransomed Jacob And redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he. ¹² “They will come and shout for joy on the height of Zion, And they will be radiant over the^g Lit goodnessbounty of the LORD— Over the grain and the new wine and the oil, And over the young of the flock and the herd; And their life will be like a watered garden, And they will never languish again. ¹³ “Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old, together, For I will turn their mourning into joy And will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow. ¹⁴ “I will^h Lit saturatefill the soul of the priests withⁱ Lit fatnessabundance, And My people will be satisfied with My goodness,” declares the LORD.	10 Isa 66:19 Jer 25:22 Jer 50:19 Isa 40:11 Eze 34:12 11 Isa 44:23 Isa 48:20 Jer 15:21 Jer 50:34 Psa 142:6 12 Jer 31:6 Jer 31:7 Eze 17:23 Isa 2:2 Mic 4:1 Hos 2:22 Joe 3:18 Jer 31:24 Jer 33:12 Jer 33:13 Isa 58:11 Isa 35:10 Isa 60:20 Isa 65:19 Joh 16:22 Rev 21:4 13 Jdg 21:21 Psa 30:11 Zec 8:4 Zec 8:5 Isa 61:3 Isa 51:11 14 Jer 50:19
¹⁵ Thus says the LORD, “A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.”	15 Mat 2:18 Jos 18:25 Jdg 4:5 Isa 10:29 Jer 40:1 Gen 37:35 Psa 77:2 Gen 5:24 Gen 42:13 Gen 42:36 Jer 10:20
¹⁶ Thus says the LORD,“Restrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears; For your work will be rewarded,” declares the LORD, “And they will return from the land of the enemy. ¹⁷“There is hope for your future,” declares the LORD, “And your children will return to their own territory. ¹⁸“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the LORD my God. ¹⁹‘For after I turned back, I repented; And after I was instructed, I smote on my thigh; I was ashamed and also humiliated Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’ ²⁰“Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My^j Lit inward partsheart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him,” declares the LORD.	16 Isa 25:8 Isa 30:19 Rut 2:12 Heb 6:10 Jer 30:3 Eze 11:17 17 Jer 29:11 18 Jer 3:21 Job 5:17 Psa 94:12 Hos 4:16 Psa 80:3 Psa 80:7 Psa 80:19 Jer 17:14 Lam 5:21 Act 3:26 19 Eze 36:31 Zec 12:10 Eze 21:12 Luk 18:13 Jer 3:25 20 Hos 11:8 Gen 43:30 Jdg 10:16 Isa 63:15 Hos 11:8 Isa 55:7 Isa 57:18 Hos 14:4 Mic 7:18
²¹ “Set up for yourself roadmarks, Place for yourself guideposts; Direct your^k Lit heartmind to the highway, The way by which you went. Return, O virgin of Israel, Return to these your cities. ²² “How long will you go here and there, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth— A woman will encompass a man.”	21 Jer 50:5 Isa 48:20 Isa 52:11 22 Jer 3:6 Jer 49:4
²³ 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 restore their^l Or captivityfortunes,‘The LORD bless you, O abode of righteousness, O holy hill!’	23 Jer 30:18 Jer 32:44 Isa 1:26 Jer 50:7 Psa 48:1 Psa 87:1 Zec 8:3
²⁴ Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks. ²⁵ For I satisfy the weary ones and^m Lit fillrefresh everyone who languishes.” ²⁶ At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.	24 Jer 31:12 Eze 36:10 Zec 8:4-8 25 Psa 107:9 Jer 31:12 Jer 31:14 Mat 5:6 Joh 4:14 26 Zec 4:1 Pro 3:24


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