English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jeremiah Book, chapter 31, verse 62 in Hcsb Version

Jeremiah 31 : 1 (HCSB)

"At that time"-- *this is the LORD's declaration-- "I will be God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people."

Jeremiah 31 : 2 (HCSB)

This is what the LORD says: They found favor in the wilderness-- the people who survived the sword. *When Israel went to find rest,

Jeremiah 31 : 3 (HCSB)

the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.

Jeremiah 31 : 4 (HCSB)

Again I will build you so that you will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel. You will take up your tambourines again and go forth in joyful dancing.

Jeremiah 31 : 5 (HCSB)

You will plant vineyards again on the mountains of Samaria; the planters will plant and will enjoy *the fruit .

Jeremiah 31 : 6 (HCSB)

For there will be a day when watchmen will call out in the hill country of Ephraim: Get up, let's go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!

Jeremiah 31 : 7 (HCSB)

For this is what the LORD says: Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the chief of the nations! Proclaim, praise, and say: LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!

Jeremiah 31 : 8 (HCSB)

Watch! I am going to bring them from the northern land. I will gather them from remote regions of the earth-- the blind and the lame will be with them, along with those who are pregnant and those about to give birth. They will return here as a great assembly!

Jeremiah 31 : 9 (HCSB)

They will come weeping, but I will bring them back with consolation. I will lead them to wadis *filled with water by a smooth way where they will not stumble, for I am Israel's Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.

Jeremiah 31 : 10 (HCSB)

Nations, hear the word of the LORD, and tell it among the far off coastlands! Say: The One who scattered Israel will gather him. He will watch over him as a shepherd *guards his flock,

Jeremiah 31 : 11 (HCSB)

for the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the power of one stronger than he.

Jeremiah 31 : 12 (HCSB)

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant with joy because of the LORD's goodness, because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and because of the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like an irrigated garden, and they will no longer grow weak *from hunger .

Jeremiah 31 : 13 (HCSB)

Then the virgin will rejoice with dancing, while young and old men *rejoice together. I will turn their mourning into joy, give them consolation, and bring happiness out of grief.

Jeremiah 31 : 14 (HCSB)

I will give the priests their fill with abundance, and My people will be satisfied with My goodness. *This is the LORD's declaration.

Jeremiah 31 : 15 (HCSB)

This is what the LORD says: A voice was heard in Ramah, a lament with bitter weeping-- Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children because they are no more.

Jeremiah 31 : 16 (HCSB)

This is what the LORD says: Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come-- *this is the LORD's declaration-- and your children will return from the enemy's land.

Jeremiah 31 : 17 (HCSB)

There is hope for your future-- *this is the LORD's declaration-- and your children will return to their own territory.

Jeremiah 31 : 18 (HCSB)

I have heard Ephraim moaning: You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you, LORD, are my God.

Jeremiah 31 : 19 (HCSB)

After I returned, I repented; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh *in grief . I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.

Jeremiah 31 : 20 (HCSB)

Isn't Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Whenever I speak against him, I certainly still think about him. Therefore, My inner being yearns for him; I will truly have compassion on him. *This is the LORD's declaration.

Jeremiah 31 : 21 (HCSB)

Set up road markers for yourself; establish signposts! Keep the highway in mind, the way you have traveled. Return, Virgin Israel! Return to these cities of yours.

Jeremiah 31 : 22 (HCSB)

How long will you turn here and there, faithless daughter? For the LORD creates something new in the land-- a female will shelter a man.

Jeremiah 31 : 23 (HCSB)

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: "When I restore their fortunes, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: May the LORD bless you, righteous settlement, holy mountain.

Jeremiah 31 : 24 (HCSB)

Judah and all its cities will live in it together-- also farmers and those who move with the flocks--

Jeremiah 31 : 25 (HCSB)

for I satisfy the thirsty person and feed all those who are weak."

Jeremiah 31 : 26 (HCSB)

At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

Jeremiah 31 : 27 (HCSB)

"The days are coming"-- *this is the LORD's declaration-- "when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast.

Jeremiah 31 : 28 (HCSB)

Just as I watched over them to uproot and to tear them down, to demolish and to destroy, and to cause disaster, so will I be attentive to build and to plant them," says the LORD.

Jeremiah 31 : 29 (HCSB)

"In those days, it will never again be said: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

Jeremiah 31 : 30 (HCSB)

Rather, each will die for his own wrongdoing. Anyone who eats sour grapes-- his own teeth will be set on edge.

Jeremiah 31 : 31 (HCSB)

"Look, the days are coming"-- *this is the LORD's declaration-- "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Jeremiah 31 : 32 (HCSB)

*This one will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt-- a covenant they broke even though I had married them"-- the LORD's declaration.

Jeremiah 31 : 33 (HCSB)

"Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days"-- the LORD's declaration. "I will place My law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Jeremiah 31 : 34 (HCSB)

No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying: Know the LORD, for they will all know Me, from the least to the greatest of them"-- the LORD's declaration. "For I will forgive their wrongdoing and never again remember their sin."

Jeremiah 31 : 35 (HCSB)

This is what the LORD says: The One who gives the sun for light by day, the fixed order of moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea and makes its waves roar-- the LORD of Hosts is His name:

Jeremiah 31 : 36 (HCSB)

If this fixed order departs from My presence-- *this is the LORD's declaration-- then also Israel's descendants will cease to be a nation before Me forever.

Jeremiah 31 : 37 (HCSB)

This is what the LORD says: If the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below explored, I will reject all of Israel's descendants because of all they have done-- *this is the LORD's declaration.

Jeremiah 31 : 38 (HCSB)

"Look, the days are coming"-- the LORD's declaration-- "when the city from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate will be rebuilt for the LORD.

Jeremiah 31 : 39 (HCSB)

A measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.

Jeremiah 31 : 40 (HCSB)

The whole valley-- the corpses, the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east-- will be holy to the LORD. It will never be uprooted or demolished again."