Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 31
Jeremiah 31 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 31 of Jeremiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ “At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the 1God of all the 2families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”
- ¶ Thus says the LORD,
“The people who survived the sword
3Found grace in the wilderness—
Israel, when it went to 4find its rest.” - The LORD appeared to [a]him from afar, saying,
“I have 5loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore I have drawn you with 6lovingkindness. - “7Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
Again you will [b]take up your 8tambourines,
And go forth to the dances of the 9merrymakers. - “Again you will 10plant vineyards
On the [c]hills of Samaria;
The planters will plant
And will [d]enjoy them. - “For there will be a day when watchmen
On the hills of Ephraim call out,
‘Arise, and 11let us go up to Zion,
To the LORD our God.’” - ¶ For thus says the LORD,
“12Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
And shout among the [e]13chief of the nations;
Proclaim, give praise and say,
‘O LORD, 14save Your people,
The 15remnant of Israel.’ - “Behold, I am 16bringing them from the north country,
And I will 17gather them from the remote parts of the earth,
Among them the 18blind and the 19lame,
The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together;
A great [f]company, they will return here. - “20With weeping they will come,
And by supplication I will lead them;
I will make them walk by 21streams of waters,
On a straight path in which they will 22not stumble;
For I am a 23father to Israel,
And Ephraim is 24My firstborn.” - ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
And declare in the 25coastlands afar off,
And say, “He who scattered Israel will 26gather him
And keep him as a 27shepherd keeps his flock.” - For the LORD has 28ransomed Jacob
And redeemed him from the hand of him who was 29stronger than he. - “They will 30come and shout for joy on the 31height of Zion,
And they will be 32radiant over the [g]bounty of the LORD—
Over the 33grain and the new wine and the oil,
And over the young of the 34flock and the herd;
And their life will be like a 35watered garden,
And they will 36never languish again. - “Then the virgin will rejoice in the 37dance,
And the young men and the old, together,
For I will 38turn their mourning into joy
And will comfort them and give them 39joy for their sorrow. - “I will [h]fill the soul of the priests with [i]abundance,
And My people will be 40satisfied with My goodness,” declares the LORD. - ¶ Thus says the LORD,
“41A voice is heard in 42Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
She 43refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because 44they are no more.” - ¶ Thus says the LORD,
¶ “45Restrain your voice from weeping
And your eyes from tears;
For your 46work will be rewarded,” declares the LORD,
“And they will 47return from the land of the enemy. - “There is 48hope for your future,” declares the LORD,
“And your children will return to their own territory. - “I have surely heard Ephraim 49grieving,
‘You have 50chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained 51calf;
52Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the LORD my God. - ‘For after I turned back, I 53repented;
And after I was instructed, I 54smote on my thigh;
I was 55ashamed and also humiliated
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’ - “Is 56Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a delightful child?
Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him;
Therefore My [j]57heart yearns for him;
I will surely 58have mercy on him,” declares the LORD. - ¶ “Set up for yourself roadmarks,
Place for yourself guideposts;
59Direct your [k]mind to the highway,
The way by which you went.
60Return, O virgin of Israel,
Return to these your cities. - “How long will you go here and there,
O 61faithless daughter?
For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman will encompass a man.” - ¶ 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 62restore their [l]fortunes,
¶ ‘The LORD bless you, O 63abode of righteousness,
O 64holy hill!’ - ¶ Judah and all its cities will 65dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.
- 66For I satisfy the weary ones and [m]refresh everyone who languishes.”
- At this I 67awoke and looked, and my 68sleep was pleasant to me.
- ¶ “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will 69sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.
- As I have 70watched over them to 71pluck up, to break down, to overthrow, to destroy and to bring disaster, so I will watch over them to 72build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
- ¶ “In those days they will not say again,
‘73The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are [n]set on edge.’ - ¶ But 74everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be [o]set on edge.
- ¶ “75Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a 76new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
- not like the 77covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I 78took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My 79covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
- “But 80this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD, “81I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and 82I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
- They will 83not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they will all 84know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the LORD, “for I will 85forgive their iniquity, and their 86sin I will remember no more.”
- ¶ Thus says the LORD,
Who 87gives the sun for light by day
And the [p]fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
Who 88stirs up the sea so that its waves roar;
89The LORD of hosts is His name: - “90If [q]this fixed order departs
From before Me,” declares the LORD,
“Then the offspring of Israel also will 91cease
From being a nation before Me [r]forever.” - ¶ Thus says the LORD,
¶ “92If the heavens above can be measured
And the foundations of the earth searched out below,
Then I will also 93cast off all the offspring of Israel
For all that they have done,” declares the LORD. - ¶ “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the 94city will be rebuilt for the LORD from the 95Tower of Hananel to the 96Corner Gate.
- The 97measuring line will go out farther straight ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah.
- And 98the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook 99Kidron, to the corner of the 100Horse Gate toward the east, shall be 101holy to the LORD; it will not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit me
- ^ Or be adorned with
- ^ Or mountains
- ^ Lit defile
- ^ Lit head
- ^ Or assembly
- ^ Lit goodness
- ^ Lit saturate
- ^ Lit fatness
- ^ Lit inward parts
- ^ Lit heart
- ^ Or captivity
- ^ Lit fill
- ^ Or dull
- ^ Or dull
- ^ Lit statutes
- ^ Lit these statutes
- ^ Lit all the days
REFERENCES
- ^ Je 30:22
- ^ Ge 17:7, 8; Is 41:10; Ro 11:26-28
- ^ Nu 14:20
- ^ Ex 33:14; Nu 10:33; De 1:33; Jos 1:13
- ^ De 4:37; 7:8; Ml 1:2
- ^ Ps 25:6
- ^ Je 24:6; 33:7
- ^ Is 30:32
- ^ Je 30:19
- ^ Ps 107:37; Is 65:21; Eze 28:26; Am 9:14
- ^ Is 2:3; Je 31:12; 50:4, 5; Mc 4:2
- ^ Ps 14:7; Je 20:13
- ^ De 28:13; Is 61:9
- ^ Ps 28:9
- ^ Is 37:31; Je 23:3
- ^ Je 3:18; 23:8
- ^ De 30:4; Is 43:6; Eze 34:13
- ^ Is 42:16
- ^ Is 40:11; Eze 34:16; Mc 4:6
- ^ Ps 126:5; Je 50:4
- ^ Is 43:20; 49:10
- ^ Is 63:13
- ^ Is 64:8; Je 3:4, 19
- ^ Ex 4:22
- ^ Is 66:19; Je 25:22
- ^ Je 50:19
- ^ Is 40:11; Eze 34:12
- ^ Is 44:23; 48:20; Je 15:21; 50:34
- ^ Ps 142:6
- ^ Je 31:6, 7
- ^ Eze 17:23
- ^ Is 2:2; Mc 4:1
- ^ Ho 2:22; Jl 3:18
- ^ Je 31:24; 33:12, 13
- ^ Is 58:11
- ^ Is 35:10; 60:20; 65:19; Jn 16:22; Re 21:4
- ^ Jg 21:21; Ps 30:11; Zc 8:4, 5
- ^ Is 61:3
- ^ Is 51:11
- ^ Je 50:19
- ^ Mt 2:18
- ^ Jos 18:25; Jg 4:5; Is 10:29; Je 40:1
- ^ Ge 37:35; Ps 77:2
- ^ Ge 5:24; 42:13, 36; Je 10:20
- ^ Is 25:8; 30:19
- ^ Ru 2:12; Heb 6:10
- ^ Je 30:3; Eze 11:17
- ^ Je 29:11
- ^ Je 3:21
- ^ Jb 5:17; Ps 94:12
- ^ Ho 4:16
- ^ Ps 80:3, 7, 19; Je 17:14; La 5:21; Ac 3:26
- ^ Eze 36:31; Zc 12:10
- ^ Eze 21:12; Lu 18:13
- ^ Je 3:25
- ^ Ho 11:8
- ^ Ge 43:30; Jg 10:16; Is 63:15; Ho 11:8
- ^ Is 55:7; 57:18; Ho 14:4; Mc 7:18
- ^ Je 50:5
- ^ Is 48:20; 52:11
- ^ Je 3:6; 49:4
- ^ Je 30:18; 32:44
- ^ Is 1:26; Je 50:7
- ^ Ps 48:1; 87:1; Zc 8:3
- ^ Je 31:12; Eze 36:10; Zc 8:4-8
- ^ Ps 107:9; Je 31:12, 14; Mt 5:6; Jn 4:14
- ^ Zc 4:1
- ^ Pr 3:24
- ^ Eze 36:9, 11; Ho 2:23
- ^ Je 44:27; Da 9:14
- ^ Je 1:10; 18:7
- ^ Je 24:6
- ^ La 5:7; Eze 18:2
- ^ De 24:16; Is 3:11; Eze 18:4, 20
- ^ Je 31:31-34; Heb 8:8-12
- ^ Je 32:40; 33:14; Eze 37:26; Lu 22:20; 1Co 11:25; 2Co 3:6; Heb 8:8-12; 10:16, 17
- ^ Ex 19:5; 24:6-8; De 5:2, 3
- ^ De 1:31; Is 63:12
- ^ Je 11:7, 8
- ^ Je 32:40; Heb 10:16
- ^ Ps 40:8; 2Co 3:3
- ^ Je 24:7; 30:22; 32:38
- ^ 1Th 4:9; 1Jo 2:27
- ^ Is 11:9; 54:13; Je 24:7; Hab 2:14; Jn 6:45; 1Jo 2:20
- ^ Je 33:8; 50:20; Mc 7:18; Ro 11:27
- ^ Is 43:25; Heb 10:17
- ^ Ge 1:14-18; De 4:19; Ps 19:1-6; 136:7-9
- ^ Is 51:15
- ^ Je 10:16; 32:18; 50:34
- ^ Ps 89:36, 37; 148:6; Is 54:9, 10; Je 33:20-26
- ^ Am 9:8, 9
- ^ Is 40:12; Je 33:22
- ^ Je 33:24-26; Ro 11:2-5, 26, 27
- ^ Je 30:18; 31:4
- ^ Ne 3:1; 12:39; Zc 14:10
- ^ 2Ki 14:13; 2Ch 26:9
- ^ Zc 2:1
- ^ Je 7:32; 8:2
- ^ 2Sa 15:23; 2Ki 23:6, 12; Jn 18:1
- ^ 2Ki 11:16; 2Ch 23:15; Ne 3:28
- ^ Jl 3:17; Zc 14:20
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