Jeremiah 31:1-8

1 “At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”
2 This is what the LORD says: “The people who survive the sword will find favor in the wilderness; I will come to give rest to Israel.”
3 The LORD appeared to us in the past,[a] saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
4 I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful.
5 Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant them and enjoy their fruit.
6 There will be a day when watchmen cry out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Come, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.’ ”
7 This is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard, and say, ‘LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel.’
8 See, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor; a great throng will return.

Cross References 23

  • 1. S Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 30:22
  • 2. Numbers 14:20
  • 3. S Exodus 33:14; S Deuteronomy 12:9
  • 4. S Deuteronomy 4:37
  • 5. Hosea 11:4; John 6:44
  • 6. S Jeremiah 1:10; S Jeremiah 30:18
  • 7. S 2 Kings 19:21
  • 8. S Genesis 31:27
  • 9. S Exodus 15:20
  • 10. S Jeremiah 30:19
  • 11. S Deuteronomy 20:6
  • 12. Jeremiah 33:13; Jeremiah 50:19; Obadiah 1:19
  • 13. S Isaiah 37:30; Isaiah 65:21; Amos 9:14
  • 14. S Isaiah 52:8; S Isaiah 56:10
  • 15. ver 12; S Deuteronomy 33:19; Isaiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:4-5; Micah 4:2
  • 16. S Isaiah 12:6
  • 17. Deuteronomy 28:13; Isaiah 61:9
  • 18. Psalms 14:7; Psalms 28:9
  • 19. S Isaiah 37:31
  • 20. S Jeremiah 3:18; Jeremiah 23:8
  • 21. S Genesis 33:13; S Deuteronomy 30:4; S Psalms 106:47; Ezekiel 34:12-14
  • 22. Isaiah 42:16
  • 23. Ezekiel 34:16; Micah 4:6

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or Lord"has appeared to us from afar"
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