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Jeremiah 31:16 (NIV)

This is what the Lord says: “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord . “They will return from the land of the enemy.

Jeremiah 31:17 (NIV)

So there is hope for your descendants,” declares the Lord . “Your children will return to their own land.

Jeremiah 31:18 (NIV)

“I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the Lord my God.

Jeremiah 31:19 (NIV)

After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

Is not Ephraim my dear son, the child in whom I delight? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the Lord .

Jeremiah 31:21 (NIV)

“Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Take note of the highway, the road that you take. Return, Virgin Israel, return to your towns.

Jeremiah 31:22 (NIV)

How long will you wander, unfaithful Daughter Israel? The Lord will create a new thing on earth— the woman will return to the man.”

Jeremiah 31:23 (NIV)

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity, the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: ‘The Lord bless you, you prosperous city, you sacred mountain.’

Jeremiah 31:24 (NIV)

People will live together in Judah and all its towns—farmers and those who move about with their flocks.

Jeremiah 31:25 (NIV)

I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.”

Jeremiah 31:26 (NIV)

At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.

Jeremiah 31:27 (NIV)

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord , “when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals.

Jeremiah 31:28 (NIV)

Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the Lord .

Jeremiah 31:29 (NIV)

“In those days people will no longer say, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

Jeremiah 31:40 (NIV)

The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate, will be holy to the Lord . The city will never again be uprooted or demolished.”

Jeremiah 30:1 (NIV)

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord :

Jeremiah 30:2 (NIV)

“This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.

Jeremiah 30:3 (NIV)

The days are coming,’ declares the Lord , ‘when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their ancestors to possess,’ says the Lord .”

Jeremiah 30:4 (NIV)

These are the words the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah:

Jeremiah 30:5 (NIV)

“This is what the Lord says: “ ‘Cries of fear are heard— terror, not peace.

Jeremiah 30:6 (NIV)

Ask and see: Can a man bear children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, every face turned deathly pale?

Jeremiah 30:7 (NIV)

How awful that day will be! No other will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.

Jeremiah 30:8 (NIV)

“ ‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will break the yoke off their necks and will tear off their bonds; no longer will foreigners enslave them.

Jeremiah 30:9 (NIV)

Instead, they will serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

Jeremiah 30:10 (NIV)

“ ‘So do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel,’ declares the Lord . ‘I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.