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Israel's
Mourning Turned to Joy |
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| Jeremiah 31:1 |
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"At that time," declares the LORD, "I will be
the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people." |
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| Jeremiah 31:2 |
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Thus says the LORD, "The people who survived
the sword Found grace in the wilderness-- Israel, when it went to find its rest."
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| Jeremiah 31:3 |
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The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying,
"I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.
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| Jeremiah 31:4 |
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"Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel! Again you will take up your tambourines, And go forth to the
dances of the merrymakers. |
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| Jeremiah 31:5 |
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"Again you will plant vineyards On the hills
of Samaria; The planters will plant And will enjoy them. |
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| Jeremiah 31:6 |
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"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.'" |
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| Jeremiah 31:7 |
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For thus says the LORD, "Sing aloud with gladness
for Jacob, And shout among the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise and
say, 'O LORD, save Your people, The remnant of Israel.' |
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| Jeremiah 31:8 |
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"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 company, they will return here. |
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| Jeremiah 31:9 |
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"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." |
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| Jeremiah 31:10 |
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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." |
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| Jeremiah 31:11 |
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For the LORD has ransomed Jacob And redeemed
him from the hand of him who was stronger than he. |
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| Jeremiah 31:12 |
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"They will come and shout for joy on the height
of Zion, And they will be radiant over the bounty 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. |
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| Jeremiah 31:13 |
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"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. |
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| Jeremiah 31:14 |
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"I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance,
And My people will be satisfied with My goodness," declares the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 31:15 |
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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." |
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| Jeremiah 31:16 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 31:17 |
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"There is hope for your future," declares the
LORD, "And your children will return to their own territory. |
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| Jeremiah 31:18 |
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"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. |
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| Jeremiah 31:19 |
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'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.' |
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| Jeremiah 31:20 |
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"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 heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him," declares
the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 31:21 |
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"Set up for yourself roadmarks, Place for yourself
guideposts; Direct your mind to the highway, The way by which you went. Return,
O virgin of Israel, Return to these your cities. |
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| Jeremiah 31:22 |
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"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." |
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| Jeremiah 31:23 |
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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 fortunes, 'The LORD bless you, O abode of righteousness, O holy
hill!' |
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| Jeremiah 31:24 |
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"Judah and all its cities will dwell together
in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks. |
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| Jeremiah 31:25 |
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"For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone
who languishes." |
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| Jeremiah 31:26 |
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At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was
pleasant to me. |
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A New Covenant |
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| Jeremiah 31:27 |
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"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD,
"when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man
and with the seed of beast. |
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| Jeremiah 31:28 |
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"As I have watched over them to pluck up, to
break down, to overthrow, to destroy and to bring disaster, so I will watch over
them to build and to plant," declares the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 31:29 |
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"In those days they will not say again, 'The
fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.' |
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| Jeremiah 31:30 |
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"But everyone will die for his own iniquity;
each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge. |
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| Jeremiah 31:31 |
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"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD,
"when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of
Judah, |
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| Jeremiah 31:32 |
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not like the covenant which I made with their
fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt,
My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them," declares the
LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 31:33 |
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"But this is the covenant which I will make
with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD, "I will put My
law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and
they shall be My people. |
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| Jeremiah 31:34 |
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"They will not teach again, each man his neighbor
and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they will all know Me,
from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the LORD, "for I will
forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." |
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| Jeremiah 31:35 |
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Thus 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: |
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| Jeremiah 31:36 |
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"If this fixed order departs From before Me,"
declares the LORD, "Then the offspring of Israel also will cease From being a
nation before Me forever." |
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| Jeremiah 31:37 |
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Thus says the LORD, "If the heavens above can
be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also
cast off all the offspring of Israel For all that they have done," declares the
LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 31:38 |
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"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD,
"when the city will be rebuilt for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner
Gate. |
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| Jeremiah 31:39 |
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"The measuring line will go out farther straight
ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah. |
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| Jeremiah 31:40 |
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"And the whole valley of the dead bodies and
of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of
the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD; it will not be plucked
up or overthrown anymore forever." |
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