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Jeremiah 31:6

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31:6Yes, a time is coming

when watchmen9 will call out on the mountains of Ephraim,

“Come! Let us go to Zion

to worship the Lord our God!” ’ ”10

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Footnotes

  1. 9 Watchmen were stationed at vantage points to pass on warning of coming attack (Jer 6:17; Ezek 33:2, 6) or to spread the news of victory (Isa 52:8). Here reference is made to the watchmen who signaled the special times of the year such as the new moon and festival times when Israel was to go to Jerusalem to worship. Reference is not made to these in the Hebrew Bible but there is a good deal of instruction regarding them in the later Babylonian Talmud.
  2. 10 Not only will Israel and Judah be reunited under one ruler (cf. 23:5–6), but they will share a unified place and practice of worship once again in contrast to Israel using the illicit places of worship, illicit priesthood, and illicit feasts instituted by Jeroboam (1 Kgs 12:26–31) and continued until the downfall of Samaria in 722 b.c.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For there shall be a day when watchmen will call

in the hill country of Ephraim:

‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,

to the Lord our God.’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For there will be a day when watchmen will call out

in the hill country of Ephraim,

“Come, let’s go up to Zion,

to the Lord our God!”

NLTNew Living Translation

The day will come when watchmen will shout

from the hill country of Ephraim,

‘Come, let us go up to Jerusalem

to worship the Lord our God.’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For there will be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Ephraim,

‘Stand up, and let us go up to Zion, to Yahweh our God.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

For there shall be a day,

That the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry,

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