Jeremiah 31:21-30

21“Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.22How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter1 a man.”

23This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity,2 they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’ 24And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks, 25for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”

26At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

27“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast. 28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

29“In those days, it will no longer be said:

30Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.