Jeremiah 31
31
1“At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.”
2Thus says the Lord:
“The people who survived the sword
found grace in the wilderness;
when Israel sought for rest,
3the Lord appeared to him#31.3 Gk: Heb me from afar.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
4Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
Again you shall adorn yourself with timbrels,
and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
5Again you shall plant vineyards
upon the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant,
and shall enjoy the fruit.
6For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
in the hill country of Ephraim:
‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.’ ”
7For thus says the Lord:
“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
and raise shouts for the chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
‘The Lord has saved his people,
the remnant of Israel.’
8Behold, I will bring them from the north country,
and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,
among them the blind and the lame,
the woman with child and her who is in travail, together;
a great company, they shall return here.
9With weeping they shall come,
and with consolations#31.9 Gk Compare Vg Tg: Heb supplications I will lead them back,
I will make them walk by brooks of water,
in a straight path in which they shall not stumble;
for I am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is my first-born.
10“Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
and declare it in the coastlands afar off;
say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,
and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
11For the Lord has ransomed Jacob,
and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.
12They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord,
over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
their life shall be like a watered garden,
and they shall languish no more.
13Then shall the maidens rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
I will turn their mourning into joy,
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
14I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance,
and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness,
says the Lord.”
15 #
Mt 2.18. 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 not.”
16Thus says the Lord:
“Keep your voice from weeping,
and your eyes from tears;
for your work shall be rewarded,
says the Lord,
and they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
17There is hope for your future,
says the Lord,
and your children shall come back to their own country.
18I have heard Ephraim bemoaning,
‘Thou hast chastened me, and I was chastened,
like an untrained calf;
bring me back that I may be restored,
for thou art the Lord my God.
19For after I had turned away I repented;
and after I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh;
I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20Is Ephraim my dear son?
Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
says the Lord.
21“Set up waymarks for yourself,
make yourself guideposts;
consider well the highway,
the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
return to these your cities.
22How long will you waver,
O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
a woman protects a man.”
23Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their fortunes:
‘The Lord bless you, O habitation of righteousness,
O holy hill!’
24And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and the farmers and those who wander#31.24 Cn Compare Syr Vg Tg: Heb and they shall wander with their flocks. 25For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”
26Thereupon I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.
27“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. 28And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the Lord. 29In those days they shall no longer say:
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children's teeth are set on edge.’
30But every one shall die for his own sin; each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
31 #
Lk 22.20; 1 Cor 11.25. #Jer 32.38-40; Heb 8.8-12; 10.16-17. “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32not like the covenant which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant which they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. 33But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34And no longer shall each man teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
35Thus says the Lord,
who gives the sun for light by day
and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the Lord of hosts is his name:
36“If this fixed order departs
from before me, says the Lord,
then shall the descendants of Israel cease
from being a nation before me for ever.”
37Thus says the Lord:
“If the heavens above can be measured,
and the foundations of the earth below can be explored,
then I will cast off all the descendants of Israel
for all that they have done,
says the Lord.”
38“Behold, the days are coming says the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. 39And the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah. 40The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be sacred to the Lord. It shall not be uprooted or overthrown any more for ever.”
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Jeremiah 31
31
The Exiles Return
1At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people. # Ge 17:7–8; Jer 30:22
2Thus says the Lord:
The people who survived the sword
found grace in the wilderness,
when I went to give Israel rest. # Nu 10:33; Dt 1:33
3The Lord has appeared to him from afar, saying:
Indeed, I have loved you with an everlasting love; # Mal 1:2
therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. # Hos 11:4
4Again I will build you # Jer 33:7
and you will be built, O virgin of Israel.
You will again be adorned with your tambourines
and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry. # Jer 31:13
5You will yet plant vines
on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters will plant
and will enjoy them. # Dt 28:30; Am 9:14
6For there will be a day when the watchmen
on the hills of Ephraim will proclaim,
“Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.” # Jer 50:4–5
7For thus says the Lord:
Sing with gladness for Jacob,
and shout among the chief of the nations;
proclaim, praise, and say,
“O Lord, save Your people, # Ps 14:7; 28:9
the remnant of Israel.”
8Behold, I will bring them from the north country,
and gather them from the remote parts of the earth, # Jer 23:8
and with them the blind and the lame, # Isa 42:16
the woman with child and her who is in labor with child, together;
a great company will return here.
9They will come with weeping,
and with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters,
in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. # Isa 63:13
For I am a Father to Israel, # Jer 3:4
and Ephraim is My firstborn. # Ex 4:22
10Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
and declare it in the coastlands far off, # Isa 66:19 and say,
“He who scattered Israel will gather him
and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.” # Isa 40:11; Eze 34:12
11For the Lord has redeemed Jacob # Isa 44:23; 48:20
and ransomed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
12Therefore they will come and sing in the height of Zion,
and will be joyful over 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 souls will be as a watered garden. # Isa 58:11
And they will not sorrow any more at all. # Isa 35:10; 65:19
13Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance,
both young men and old together;
for I will turn their mourning into joy, # Ps 30:11; Isa 51:11
and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
14I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance, # Jer 31:25
and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness,
says the Lord.
15Thus says the Lord:
A voice is heard in Ramah, # Jos 18:25
lamentation and bitter weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children, # Ge 37:35
because they are no more.
16Thus says the Lord:
Keep your voice from weeping
and your eyes from tears;
for your work shall be rewarded, # Ru 2:12
says the Lord,
and they shall come back from the land of the enemy. # Jer 30:3
17There is hope for your future,
says the Lord,
that your children will come back to their own border.
18I have surely heard Ephraim pleading:
“You have chastised me, # Job 5:17
and I was chastised, as an untrained calf;
turn me back and I will be turned, # Ps 80:3
for you are the Lord my God.
19Surely after I turned back,
I repented;
and after I was instructed,
I struck myself on my thigh; # Eze 21:12
I was ashamed and even humiliated # Eze 36:31
because I bore the reproach of my youth.” # Jer 3:25
20Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For since I spoke against him,
I still remember him;
therefore My heart longs for him.
I will surely have mercy on him, # Isa 55:7; 63:15
says the Lord.
21Set up road marks,
place guideposts.
Set your heart toward the highway, # Jer 50:5
even the way by which you went.
Turn back, O virgin of Israel,
turn back to these your cities.
22How long will you go about, # Jer 2:23
O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth:
A woman shall obtain a man.
23Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Once again they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities when I restore their fortunes: “May the Lord bless you, O habitation of righteousness and mountain of holiness!” # Isa 1:26; Jer 50:7; Zec 8:3 24And Judah and all its cities will dwell there, # Eze 36:10; Zec 8:4–8 the farmer and those who go out with the flocks. 25For I satiate the weary souls and I replenish every languishing soul. # Jer 31:14; Jn 4:14
26Upon this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was sweet to me.
27Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will sow # Eze 36:9; Hos 2:23 the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast. 28It shall come to pass that as I have watched over them # Jer 44:27 to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them, to build, and to plant, # Jer 1:10 says the Lord. 29In those days they will say no more:
“The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” # La 5:7; Eze 18:2–3
30But everyone will die for his own iniquity. # Isa 3:11; Eze 18:4 Every man that eats the sour grape, his teeth will be set on edge.
A New Covenant
31Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant # Jer 32:40; Lk 22:20
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah.
32It will not be according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers # Dt 5:3
in the day that I took them by the hand # Dt 1:31
to bring them out of the land of Egypt,
because they broke My covenant,
although I was a husband to them,
says the Lord.
33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My law within them
and write it in their hearts; # 2Co 3:3; Heb 10:16
and I will be their God,
and they shall be My people.
34They shall teach no more every man his neighbor
and every man his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,”
for they all shall know Me, # Isa 54:13
from the least of them to the greatest of them,
says the Lord,
for I will forgive their iniquity, # Jer 33:8
and I will remember their sin no more.
35Thus says the Lord,
who gives the sun
for a light by day
and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars
for a light by night,
who stirs up the sea
so that the waves roar,
the Lord of Hosts is His name: # Isa 51:15; Jer 10:16
36If those ordinances depart from before Me,
says the Lord,
then the seed of Israel also will cease
from being a nation before Me forever. # Isa 54:9–10; Jer 33:20–26
37Thus says the Lord:
If heaven above can be measured,
and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, # Jer 33:22
I will also cast off all the seed of Israel # Jer 33:24–26
for all that they have done,
says the Lord.
38Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when the city will be built to the Lord from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. # 2Ki 14:13; Zec 14:10 39The measuring line # Zec 2:1–2 shall stretch out straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah. 40The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the Kidron Valley, # 2Sa 15:23 to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, will be holy to the Lord. # Joel 3:17 It will not be plucked up nor thrown down any more forever.
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