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New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 31

Israel’s Mourning Turned to Joy

1“At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the 1God of all the 2families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”

2Thus says the Lord, “The people who survived the sword 3Found grace in the wilderness-- Israel, when it went to 4find its rest.”3The Lord appeared to 5him from afar, saying, “I have 6loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with 7lovingkindness.48Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you will 9take up your 10tambourines, And go forth to the dances of the 11merrymakers.5Again you will 12plant vineyards On the 13hills of Samaria; The planters will plant And will 14enjoy them.6For there will be a day when watchmen On the hills of Ephraim call out, ‘Arise, and 15let us go up to Zion, To the Lord our God.’”

7For thus says the Lord, “16Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the 1718chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise and say, ‘O Lord, 19save Your people, The 20remnant of Israel.’8Behold, I am 21bringing them from the north country, And I will 22gather them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them the 23blind and the 24lame, The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together; A great 25company, they will return here.926With weeping they will come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by 27streams of waters, On a straight path in which they will 28not stumble; For I am a 29father to Israel, And Ephraim is 30My firstborn.”

10Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, And declare in the 31coastlands afar off, And say, “He who scattered Israel will 32gather him And keep him as a 33shepherd keeps his flock.”11For the Lord has 34ransomed Jacob And redeemed him from the hand of him who was 35stronger than he.12“They will 36come and shout for joy on the 37height of Zion, And they will be 38radiant over the 39bounty of the Lord-- Over the 40grain and the new wine and the oil, And over the young of the 41flock and the herd; And their life will be like a 42watered garden, And they will 43never languish again.13Then the virgin will rejoice in the 44dance, And the young men and the old, together, For I will 45turn their mourning into joy And will comfort them and give them 46joy for their sorrow.14I will 47fill the soul of the priests with 48abundance, And My people will be 49satisfied with My goodness,” declares the Lord.

15Thus says the Lord, “50A voice is heard in 51Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She 52refuses to be comforted for her children, Because 53they are no more.” 16Thus says the Lord, “54Restrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears; For your 55work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord, “And they will 56return from the land of the enemy.17There is 57hope for your future,” declares the Lord, “And your children will return to their own territory.18I have surely heard Ephraim 58grieving, ‘You have 59chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained 60calf; 61Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord my God.19For after I turned back, I 62repented; And after I was instructed, I 63smote on my thigh; I was 64ashamed and also humiliated Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’20Is 65Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My 6667heart yearns for him; I will surely 68have mercy on him,” declares the Lord.

21“Set up for yourself roadmarks, Place for yourself guideposts; 69Direct your 70mind to the highway, The way by which you went. 71Return, O virgin of Israel, Return to these your cities.22How long will you go here and there, O 72faithless daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth-- A woman will encompass a man.”

23Thus 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 73restore their 74fortunes, ‘The Lord bless you, O 75abode of righteousness, O 76holy hill!’ 24Judah and all its cities will 77dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks. 2578For I satisfy the weary ones and 79refresh everyone who languishes.” 26At this I 80awoke and looked, and my 81sleep was pleasant to me.

A New Covenant

27“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will 82sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast. 28As I have 83watched over them to 84pluck up, to break down, to overthrow, to destroy and to bring disaster, so I will watch over them to 85build and to plant,” declares the Lord.29“In those days they will not say again, ‘86The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children’s teeth are 87set on edge.’ 30But 88everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be 89set on edge.

31“90Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a 91new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32not like the 92covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I 93took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My 94covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. 33“But 95this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord, “96I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and 97I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34They will 98not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all 99know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will 100forgive their iniquity, and their 101sin I will remember no more.”

35Thus says the Lord, Who 102gives the sun for light by day And the 103fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who 104stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; 105The Lord of hosts is His name:36“106If 107this fixed order departs From before Me,” declares the Lord, “Then the offspring of Israel also will 108cease From being a nation before Me 109forever.”37Thus says the Lord, “110If the heavens above can be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also 111cast off all the offspring of Israel For all that they have done,” declares the Lord.

38“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the 112city will be rebuilt for the Lord from the 113Tower of Hananel to the 114Corner Gate. 39The 115measuring line will go out farther straight ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah. 40And 116the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook 117Kidron, to the corner of the 118Horse Gate toward the east, shall be 119holy to the Lord; it will not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”

Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 31:1 Jer 30:22 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 31:1 Gen 17:7, 8; Is 41:10; Rom 11:26-28 ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 31:2 Num 14:20 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 31:2 Ex 33:14; Num 10:33; Deut 1:33; Josh 1:13 ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 31:3 Lit me ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 31:3 Deut 4:37; 7:8; Mal 1:2 ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 31:3 Ps 25:6 ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 31:4 Jer 24:6; 33:7 ↩
  9. 9. Jeremiah 31:4 Or be adorned with ↩
  10. 10. Jeremiah 31:4 Is 30:32 ↩
  11. 11. Jeremiah 31:4 Jer 30:19 ↩
  12. 12. Jeremiah 31:5 Ps 107:37; Is 65:21; Ezek 28:26; Amos 9:14 ↩
  13. 13. Jeremiah 31:5 Or mountains ↩
  14. 14. Jeremiah 31:5 Lit defile ↩
  15. 15. Jeremiah 31:6 Is 2:3; Jer 31:12; 50:4, 5; Mic 4:2 ↩
  16. 16. Jeremiah 31:7 Ps 14:7; Jer 20:13 ↩
  17. 17. Jeremiah 31:7 Lit head ↩
  18. 18. Jeremiah 31:7 Deut 28:13; Is 61:9 ↩
  19. 19. Jeremiah 31:7 Ps 28:9 ↩
  20. 20. Jeremiah 31:7 Is 37:31; Jer 23:3 ↩
  21. 21. Jeremiah 31:8 Jer 3:18; 23:8 ↩
  22. 22. Jeremiah 31:8 Deut 30:4; Is 43:6; Ezek 34:13 ↩
  23. 23. Jeremiah 31:8 Is 42:16 ↩
  24. 24. Jeremiah 31:8 Is 40:11; Ezek 34:16; Mic 4:6 ↩
  25. 25. Jeremiah 31:8 Or assembly ↩
  26. 26. Jeremiah 31:9 Ps 126:5; Jer 50:4 ↩
  27. 27. Jeremiah 31:9 Is 43:20; 49:10 ↩
  28. 28. Jeremiah 31:9 Is 63:13 ↩
  29. 29. Jeremiah 31:9 Is 64:8; Jer 3:4, 19 ↩
  30. 30. Jeremiah 31:9 Ex 4:22 ↩
  31. 31. Jeremiah 31:10 Is 66:19; Jer 25:22 ↩
  32. 32. Jeremiah 31:10 Jer 50:19 ↩
  33. 33. Jeremiah 31:10 Is 40:11; Ezek 34:12 ↩
  34. 34. Jeremiah 31:11 Is 44:23; 48:20; Jer 15:21; 50:34 ↩
  35. 35. Jeremiah 31:11 Ps 142:6 ↩
  36. 36. Jeremiah 31:12 Jer 31:6, 7 ↩
  37. 37. Jeremiah 31:12 Ezek 17:23 ↩
  38. 38. Jeremiah 31:12 Is 2:2; Mic 4:1 ↩
  39. 39. Jeremiah 31:12 Lit goodness ↩
  40. 40. Jeremiah 31:12 Hos 2:22; Joel 3:18 ↩
  41. 41. Jeremiah 31:12 Jer 31:24; 33:12, 13 ↩
  42. 42. Jeremiah 31:12 Is 58:11 ↩
  43. 43. Jeremiah 31:12 Is 35:10; 60:20; 65:19; John 16:22; Rev 21:4 ↩
  44. 44. Jeremiah 31:13 Judg 21:21; Ps 30:11; Zech 8:4, 5 ↩
  45. 45. Jeremiah 31:13 Is 61:3 ↩
  46. 46. Jeremiah 31:13 Is 51:11 ↩
  47. 47. Jeremiah 31:14 Lit saturate ↩
  48. 48. Jeremiah 31:14 Lit fatness ↩
  49. 49. Jeremiah 31:14 Jer 50:19 ↩
  50. 50. Jeremiah 31:15 Matt 2:18 ↩
  51. 51. Jeremiah 31:15 Josh 18:25; Judg 4:5; Is 10:29; Jer 40:1 ↩
  52. 52. Jeremiah 31:15 Gen 37:35; Ps 77:2 ↩
  53. 53. Jeremiah 31:15 Gen 5:24; 42:13, 36; Jer 10:20 ↩
  54. 54. Jeremiah 31:16 Is 25:8; 30:19 ↩
  55. 55. Jeremiah 31:16 Ruth 2:12; Heb 6:10 ↩
  56. 56. Jeremiah 31:16 Jer 30:3; Ezek 11:17 ↩
  57. 57. Jeremiah 31:17 Jer 29:11 ↩
  58. 58. Jeremiah 31:18 Jer 3:21 ↩
  59. 59. Jeremiah 31:18 Job 5:17; Ps 94:12 ↩
  60. 60. Jeremiah 31:18 Hos 4:16 ↩
  61. 61. Jeremiah 31:18 Ps 80:3, 7, 19; Jer 17:14; Lam 5:21; Acts 3:26 ↩
  62. 62. Jeremiah 31:19 Ezek 36:31; Zech 12:10 ↩
  63. 63. Jeremiah 31:19 Ezek 21:12; Luke 18:13 ↩
  64. 64. Jeremiah 31:19 Jer 3:25 ↩
  65. 65. Jeremiah 31:20 Hos 11:8 ↩
  66. 66. Jeremiah 31:20 Lit inward parts ↩
  67. 67. Jeremiah 31:20 Gen 43:30; Judg 10:16; Is 63:15; Hos 11:8 ↩
  68. 68. Jeremiah 31:20 Is 55:7; 57:18; Hos 14:4; Mic 7:18 ↩
  69. 69. Jeremiah 31:21 Jer 50:5 ↩
  70. 70. Jeremiah 31:21 Lit heart ↩
  71. 71. Jeremiah 31:21 Is 48:20; 52:11 ↩
  72. 72. Jeremiah 31:22 Jer 3:6; 49:4 ↩
  73. 73. Jeremiah 31:23 Jer 30:18; 32:44 ↩
  74. 74. Jeremiah 31:23 Or captivity ↩
  75. 75. Jeremiah 31:23 Is 1:26; Jer 50:7 ↩
  76. 76. Jeremiah 31:23 Ps 48:1; 87:1; Zech 8:3 ↩
  77. 77. Jeremiah 31:24 Jer 31:12; Ezek 36:10; Zech 8:4-8 ↩
  78. 78. Jeremiah 31:25 Ps 107:9; Jer 31:12, 14; Matt 5:6; John 4:14 ↩
  79. 79. Jeremiah 31:25 Lit fill ↩
  80. 80. Jeremiah 31:26 Zech 4:1 ↩
  81. 81. Jeremiah 31:26 Prov 3:24 ↩
  82. 82. Jeremiah 31:27 Ezek 36:9, 11; Hos 2:23 ↩
  83. 83. Jeremiah 31:28 Jer 44:27; Dan 9:14 ↩
  84. 84. Jeremiah 31:28 Jer 1:10; 18:7 ↩
  85. 85. Jeremiah 31:28 Jer 24:6 ↩
  86. 86. Jeremiah 31:29 Lam 5:7; Ezek 18:2 ↩
  87. 87. Jeremiah 31:29 Or dull ↩
  88. 88. Jeremiah 31:30 Deut 24:16; Is 3:11; Ezek 18:4, 20 ↩
  89. 89. Jeremiah 31:30 Or dull ↩
  90. 90. Jeremiah 31:31 Jer 31:31-34; Heb 8:8-12 ↩
  91. 91. Jeremiah 31:31 Jer 32:40; 33:14; Ezek 37:26; Luke 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25; 2 Cor 3:6; Heb 8:8-12; 10:16, 17 ↩
  92. 92. Jeremiah 31:32 Ex 19:5; 24:6-8; Deut 5:2, 3 ↩
  93. 93. Jeremiah 31:32 Deut 1:31; Is 63:12 ↩
  94. 94. Jeremiah 31:32 Jer 11:7, 8 ↩
  95. 95. Jeremiah 31:33 Jer 32:40; Heb 10:16 ↩
  96. 96. Jeremiah 31:33 Ps 40:8; 2 Cor 3:3 ↩
  97. 97. Jeremiah 31:33 Jer 24:7; 30:22; 32:38 ↩
  98. 98. Jeremiah 31:34 1 Thess 4:9; 1 John 2:27 ↩
  99. 99. Jeremiah 31:34 Is 11:9; 54:13; Jer 24:7; Hab 2:14; John 6:45; 1 John 2:20 ↩
  100. 100. Jeremiah 31:34 Jer 33:8; 50:20; Mic 7:18; Rom 11:27 ↩
  101. 101. Jeremiah 31:34 Is 43:25; Heb 10:17 ↩
  102. 102. Jeremiah 31:35 Gen 1:14-18; Deut 4:19; Ps 19:1-6; 136:7-9 ↩
  103. 103. Jeremiah 31:35 Lit statutes ↩
  104. 104. Jeremiah 31:35 Is 51:15 ↩
  105. 105. Jeremiah 31:35 Jer 10:16; 32:18; 50:34 ↩
  106. 106. Jeremiah 31:36 Ps 89:36, 37; 148:6; Is 54:9, 10; Jer 33:20-26 ↩
  107. 107. Jeremiah 31:36 Lit these statutes ↩
  108. 108. Jeremiah 31:36 Amos 9:8, 9 ↩
  109. 109. Jeremiah 31:36 Lit all the days ↩
  110. 110. Jeremiah 31:37 Is 40:12; Jer 33:22 ↩
  111. 111. Jeremiah 31:37 Jer 33:24-26; Rom 11:2-5, 26, 27 ↩
  112. 112. Jeremiah 31:38 Jer 30:18; 31:4 ↩
  113. 113. Jeremiah 31:38 Neh 3:1; 12:39; Zech 14:10 ↩
  114. 114. Jeremiah 31:38 2 Kin 14:13; 2 Chr 26:9 ↩
  115. 115. Jeremiah 31:39 Zech 2:1 ↩
  116. 116. Jeremiah 31:40 Jer 7:32; 8:2 ↩
  117. 117. Jeremiah 31:40 2 Sam 15:23; 2 Kin 23:6, 12; John 18:1 ↩
  118. 118. Jeremiah 31:40 2 Kin 11:16; 2 Chr 23:15; Neh 3:28 ↩
  119. 119. Jeremiah 31:40 Joel 3:17; Zech 14:20 ↩

Commentaries on Jeremiah 31

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