Jeremiah 31:1–9

aAt the same time, saith the Lord,

bWill I be the God of all the families of Israel,

And they shall be my people.

2  Thus saith the Lord,

The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness;

Even Israel, cwhen I went to cause him to rest.

3  The Lord hath appeared †of old unto me, saying,

Yea, dI have loved thee with ean everlasting love:

Therefore ||with lovingkindness fhave I drawn thee.

4  Again gI will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel:

Thou shalt again hbe adorned with thy ||tabrets,

And shalt go forth in ithe dances of jthem that make merry.

5  kThou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of lSamaria:

The planters shall plant, and shall †eat them as common things.

6  For there shall be a day,

That the watchmen upon mthe mount Ephraim shall cry,

nArise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God.

7  For thus saith the Lord;

oSing with gladness for Jacob,

And oshout among pthe chief of the nations:

Publish ye, praise ye, and say,

O Lord, qsave thy people, the remnant of Israel.

8  Behold, I will bring them rfrom the north country,

And sgather them tfrom the coasts of the earth,

And with them uthe blind and the lame,

The woman with child and her that travaileth with child together:

A great company shall return thither.

9  They shall come vwith weeping,

And with ||wsupplications will I lead them:

I will cause them to walk xby the rivers of waters

yIn a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble:

For zI am a father to Israel,

And zzEphraim is amy firstborn.