Jeremiah 31
31:1In that time, said the lord, I will be for a God to the race of Israel, and they will be to me for a people.
31:2Thus said the lord, They found it hot in the wilderness with ones being destroyed by sword. Proceed! and you should not destroy Israel.
31:3The lord shall be seen at a distance by him, saying, With an everlasting affection I loved you; on account of this I drew you for pitying.
31:4For I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel. You shall still take your tambourine, and go forth with a congregation playing.
31:5For you planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. In planting plant! and in praising praise!
31:6For it is the day of calling, of ones pleading on the mountains of Ephraim, saying, Rise up, and ascend in Zion to the lord your God!
31:7For thus said the lord to Jacob, Be glad and snort over the head of nations! Do it audibly, and praise! Say! The lord delivered his people, the remnant of Israel.
31:8Behold, I lead them from the north, and I will gather them from the ends of the earth, in a holiday passover. And you shall produce children, a great multitude, and they shall return here.
31:9In weeping they went forth, and in comfort I will lead them. Lodging upon aqueducts of waters in the straight way, and in no way shall they wander in it. For I became to Israel for a father, and Ephraim is my first-born.
31:10Hear the words of the lord, O nations, and announce unto islands far off! Say! The one winnowing Israel will gather him, and he shall guard him as the one grazing his flock.
31:11For the lord ransomed Jacob and rescued him from out of the hand of ones more substantial than he.
31:12And they shall come and shall be glad in mount Zion. And they shall come upon the good things of the lord, upon a land of grain, and wine, and olive oil, and fruits, and cattle, and sheep. And their soul shall be as the tree containing fruit. And they shall not hunger any longer.
31:13Then virgins shall rejoice in a gathering of young men; and old men shall rejoice. And I will turn their mourning into joyfulness, and I will comfort them, and I will make them ones being glad.
31:14I will magnify and intoxicate the soul of the priests, sons of Levi. And my people shall be filled up of my good things. Thus said the lord.
31:15A voice in Rama was heard -- wailing, and weeping, and grieving; Rachel weeping for her sons; and she did not want to be comforted, for they are not.
31:16Thus said the lord, Stop your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for there is a wage for your works, says the lord, and they shall return from out of the land of the enemies;
31:17And there shall be hope to the last of you, says the lord. And the sons shall return to their borders.
31:18In hearing I heard Ephraim grieving, saying, You corrected me, and I was corrected. I, as a calf, was not taught. Turn me! and I will turn. For you are the lord my God.
31:19For after my captivity, I changed my mind; and after my knowing, I moaned over the day of shame. And I showed you plainly that I took scorning of my youth.
31:20Ephraim is a beloved son to me, a child for reveling in, for because my words are in him; in remembering I will remember him; on account of this I hastened unto him; by showing mercy I shall show mercy on him, says the lord.
31:21Establish to yourself overseers! Execute punishment! Give your heart to your shoulders in the way in which you were going! Return, O virgin Israel! Return unto your cities mourning!
31:22Until when shall you return, O daughter being disgraced? For the lord created safety for a new planting; in your safety men shall go about.
31:23Thus said the lord of the forces, the God of Israel, Still they shall say this word in the land of Judah, and in his cities, whenever I shall return his resettlement; Being blessed is the lord upon his holy just mountain;
31:24even the ones dwelling in the cities of Judah, and in all his land together with the farmer, and he shall be lifted with the flock.
31:25For I intoxicated the soul thirsting; and every soul hungering I filled up.
31:26On account of this I awoke, and beheld; and my sleep was agreeable to me.
31:27Behold, days come, says the lord, and I shall sow Israel and Judah with the seed of man, and the seed of beast.
31:28And it will be as I was vigilant over them even to demolish and to inflict evil, so I will be vigilant over them to build and to plant, says the lord.
31:29In those days in no way shall they say, The fathers ate an unripe grape, and teeth of the children had tooth-chills.
31:30But each in his own sin shall die. And the one eating the unripe grape, their teeth shall have tooth-chills.
31:31Behold, days come, says the lord, and I shall ordain to the house of Israel, and to the house of Judah, a new covenant.
31:32Not according to the covenant which I ordained with their fathers, in the day in which I took hold of their hand to lead them from out of the land of Egypt; for they did not adhere to my covenant, and I neglected them, says the lord.
31:33For this is my covenant which I shall ordain with the house of Israel after those days, says the lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and I will write them upon their hearts; and I will be to them for God, and they will be to me for a people.
31:34And in no way shall each teach his neighbor, and each his brother, saying, Know the lord! For all shall know me, from their small unto their great, says the lord. For I will be kind to their iniquities, and their sins in no way shall I remember any more.
31:35Thus said the lord, the one appointing the sun for light of the day, moon and stars for light of the night, and the roar in the sea, and its waves resonated; the lord almighty is his name.
31:36If these laws should cease from in front of me, says the lord, then the race of Israel shall cease to become a nation in front of me all the days.
31:37Thus says the lord, If the heaven should be raised up in elevation, and if the floor of the earth should be lowered below, yet I shall not reject the race of Israel, says the lord, for all which they did.
31:38Behold, days come, says the lord, and a city shall be built to the lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
31:39And its measurement shall go forth before it unto the hills of Gareb; and it shall be surrounded round about of choice stones,
31:40and all the valley Phagarim and ashes, and all Asaremoth unto the rushing stream Kidron, unto the corner gate of the horses eastward, shall be a sanctuary to the lord; and no longer shall it be plucked up, and in no way shall it be demolished unto the eon.