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New American Standard Bible 2020

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.”

2This is what the Lord says: “The people who survived the sword 3Found grace in the wilderness-- Israel, when it went to 4find its rest.”3The Lord appeared to 5him 6long ago, saying, “I have 7loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you out with 8kindness.49I will build you again and you will be rebuilt, Virgin of Israel! You will 10take up your 11tambourines again, And go out to the dances of the 12revelers.5Again you will 13plant vineyards On the 14hills of Samaria; The planters will plant And will 15enjoy the fruit.6For there will be a day when watchmen On the hills of Ephraim call out, ‘Arise, and 16let’s go up to Zion, To the Lord our God.’”

7For this is what the Lord says: “17Sing aloud with joy for Jacob, And be joyful with the 1819chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘Lord, 20save Your people, The 21remnant of Israel!’8Behold, I am 22bringing them from the north country, And I will 23gather them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them those who are 24blind and those who 25limp, The pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together; They will return here as a great assembly.926They will come with weeping, And by pleading I will bring them; I will lead them by 27streams of waters, On a straight path on which they will 28not stumble; For I am a 29father to Israel, And Ephraim is 30My firstborn.”

10Hear the word of the Lord, you nations, And declare it in the 31coastlands far away, And say, “He who scattered Israel will 32gather him, And He will 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, the new wine, 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 comfort them, and give them 46joy for their sorrow.14I will refresh the soul of the priests with 47abundance, And My people will be 48satisfied with My goodness,” declares the Lord.

15This is what the Lord says: “49A voice is heard in 50Ramah, Lamenting and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She 51refuses to be comforted for her children, Because 52they are no more.” 16This is what the Lord says: “53Restrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears; For your 54work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord, “And they will 55return from the land of the enemy.17There is 56hope for your future,” declares the Lord, “And your children will return to their own territory.18I have certainly heard Ephraim 57grieving, ‘You have 58disciplined me, and I was corrected, Like an untrained 59calf; 60Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord my God.19For after I turned back, I 61repented; And after I was instructed, I 6263slapped my thigh; I was 64ashamed and also humiliated Because I bore the shame 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 certainly 68have mercy on him,” declares the Lord.

21“Set up roadmarks for yourself, Place guideposts for yourself; 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 waver, You 72rebellious daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth: A woman will shelter a man.”

23This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I 73restore their fortunes, ‘The Lord bless you, O 74place of righteousness, O 75holy hill!’ 24Judah and all its cities will 76live together in it, the farmers and those who travel with flocks. 2577For I give plenty of water to the weary ones, and 78refresh everyone who languishes.” 26At this I 79awoke and looked, and my 80sleep had been pleasant to me.

A New Covenant

27“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will 81sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of mankind and the seed of animals. 28And just as I have 82watched over them to 83uproot them, tear them down, ruin, destroy, and bring disaster on them, so I will watch over them to 84build and to plant them,” declares the Lord.29“In those days they will no longer say, ‘85The fathers have eaten sour grapes, 86But it is the children’s teeth that have become blunt.’ 30But 87everyone will die for his own wrongdoing; each person who eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will become blunt.

31“88Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a 89new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32not like the 90covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I 91took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My 92covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. 33“For 93this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord: “94I will put My law within them and write it on their heart; and 95I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34They will 96not teach again, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all 97know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will 98forgive their wrongdoing, and their 99sin I will no longer remember.”

35This is what the Lord says, He who 100gives the sun for light by day And the 101fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who 102stirs up the sea so that its waves roar-- 103The Lord of armies is His name:36“104If 105this fixed order departs From Me,” declares the Lord, “Then the descendants of Israel also will 106cease To be a nation before Me 107forever.”37This is what the Lord says: “108If the heavens above can be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also 109reject all the descendants of Israel For everything that they have done,” declares the Lord.

38“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the 110city will be rebuilt for the Lord from the 111Tower of Hananel to the 112Corner Gate. 39The 113measuring line will go out farther straight ahead, to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah. 40And 114the entire valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook 115Kidron to the corner of the 116Horse Gate toward the east, shall be 117holy to the Lord; it will not be uprooted or overthrown ever again.”

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 Or from far away ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 31:3 Deut 4:37; 7:8; Mal 1:2 ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 31:3 Ps 25:6 ↩
  9. 9. Jeremiah 31:4 Jer 24:6; 33:7 ↩
  10. 10. Jeremiah 31:4 Lit adorn yourself with ↩
  11. 11. Jeremiah 31:4 Is 30:32 ↩
  12. 12. Jeremiah 31:4 Jer 30:19 ↩
  13. 13. Jeremiah 31:5 Ps 107:37; Is 65:21; Ezek 28:26; Amos 9:14 ↩
  14. 14. Jeremiah 31:5 Or mountains ↩
  15. 15. Jeremiah 31:5 Lit defile ↩
  16. 16. Jeremiah 31:6 Is 2:3; Jer 31:12; 50:4, 5; Mic 4:2 ↩
  17. 17. Jeremiah 31:7 Ps 14:7; Jer 20:13 ↩
  18. 18. Jeremiah 31:7 Lit head ↩
  19. 19. Jeremiah 31:7 Deut 28:13; Is 61:9 ↩
  20. 20. Jeremiah 31:7 Ps 28:9 ↩
  21. 21. Jeremiah 31:7 Is 37:31; Jer 23:3 ↩
  22. 22. Jeremiah 31:8 Jer 3:18; 23:8 ↩
  23. 23. Jeremiah 31:8 Deut 30:4; Is 43:6; Ezek 34:13 ↩
  24. 24. Jeremiah 31:8 Is 42:16 ↩
  25. 25. Jeremiah 31:8 Is 40:11; Ezek 34:16; Mic 4:6 ↩
  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 fatness ↩
  48. 48. Jeremiah 31:14 Jer 50:19 ↩
  49. 49. Jeremiah 31:15 Matt 2:18 ↩
  50. 50. Jeremiah 31:15 Josh 18:25; Judg 4:5; Is 10:29; Jer 40:1 ↩
  51. 51. Jeremiah 31:15 Gen 37:35; Ps 77:2 ↩
  52. 52. Jeremiah 31:15 Gen 5:24; 42:13, 36; Jer 10:20 ↩
  53. 53. Jeremiah 31:16 Is 25:8; 30:19 ↩
  54. 54. Jeremiah 31:16 Ruth 2:12; Heb 6:10 ↩
  55. 55. Jeremiah 31:16 Jer 30:3; Ezek 11:17 ↩
  56. 56. Jeremiah 31:17 Jer 29:11 ↩
  57. 57. Jeremiah 31:18 Jer 3:21 ↩
  58. 58. Jeremiah 31:18 Job 5:17; Ps 94:12 ↩
  59. 59. Jeremiah 31:18 Hos 4:16 ↩
  60. 60. Jeremiah 31:18 Ps 80:3, 7, 19; Jer 17:14; Lam 5:21; Acts 3:26 ↩
  61. 61. Jeremiah 31:19 Ezek 36:31; Zech 12:10 ↩
  62. 62. Jeremiah 31:19 I.e., in regret ↩
  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 Is 1:26; Jer 50:7 ↩
  75. 75. Jeremiah 31:23 Ps 48:1; 87:1; Zech 8:3 ↩
  76. 76. Jeremiah 31:24 Jer 31:12; Ezek 36:10; Zech 8:4-8 ↩
  77. 77. Jeremiah 31:25 Ps 107:9; Jer 31:12, 14; Matt 5:6; John 4:14 ↩
  78. 78. Jeremiah 31:25 Lit fill ↩
  79. 79. Jeremiah 31:26 Zech 4:1 ↩
  80. 80. Jeremiah 31:26 Prov 3:24 ↩
  81. 81. Jeremiah 31:27 Ezek 36:9, 11; Hos 2:23 ↩
  82. 82. Jeremiah 31:28 Jer 44:27; Dan 9:14 ↩
  83. 83. Jeremiah 31:28 Jer 1:10; 18:7 ↩
  84. 84. Jeremiah 31:28 Jer 24:6 ↩
  85. 85. Jeremiah 31:29 Lam 5:7; Ezek 18:2 ↩
  86. 86. Jeremiah 31:29 I.e., the children suffer for the fathers’ sins ↩
  87. 87. Jeremiah 31:30 Deut 24:16; Is 3:11; Ezek 18:4, 20 ↩
  88. 88. Jeremiah 31:31 Jer 31:31-34; Heb 8:8-12 ↩
  89. 89. 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 ↩
  90. 90. Jeremiah 31:32 Ex 19:5; 24:6-8; Deut 5:2, 3 ↩
  91. 91. Jeremiah 31:32 Deut 1:31; Is 63:12 ↩
  92. 92. Jeremiah 31:32 Jer 11:7, 8 ↩
  93. 93. Jeremiah 31:33 Jer 32:40; Heb 10:16 ↩
  94. 94. Jeremiah 31:33 Ps 40:8; 2 Cor 3:3 ↩
  95. 95. Jeremiah 31:33 Jer 24:7; 30:22; 32:38 ↩
  96. 96. Jeremiah 31:34 1 Thess 4:9; 1 John 2:27 ↩
  97. 97. Jeremiah 31:34 Is 11:9; 54:13; Jer 24:7; Hab 2:14; John 6:45; 1 John 2:20 ↩
  98. 98. Jeremiah 31:34 Jer 33:8; 50:20; Mic 7:18; Rom 11:27 ↩
  99. 99. Jeremiah 31:34 Is 43:25; Heb 10:17 ↩
  100. 100. Jeremiah 31:35 Gen 1:14-18; Deut 4:19; Ps 19:1-6; 136:7-9 ↩
  101. 101. Jeremiah 31:35 Lit statutes ↩
  102. 102. Jeremiah 31:35 Is 51:15 ↩
  103. 103. Jeremiah 31:35 Jer 10:16; 32:18; 50:34 ↩
  104. 104. Jeremiah 31:36 Ps 89:36, 37; 148:6; Is 54:9, 10; Jer 33:20-26 ↩
  105. 105. Jeremiah 31:36 Lit these statutes ↩
  106. 106. Jeremiah 31:36 Amos 9:8, 9 ↩
  107. 107. Jeremiah 31:36 Lit all the days ↩
  108. 108. Jeremiah 31:37 Is 40:12; Jer 33:22 ↩
  109. 109. Jeremiah 31:37 Jer 33:24-26; Rom 11:2-5, 26, 27 ↩
  110. 110. Jeremiah 31:38 Jer 30:18; 31:4 ↩
  111. 111. Jeremiah 31:38 Neh 3:1; 12:39; Zech 14:10 ↩
  112. 112. Jeremiah 31:38 2 Kin 14:13; 2 Chr 26:9 ↩
  113. 113. Jeremiah 31:39 Zech 2:1 ↩
  114. 114. Jeremiah 31:40 Jer 7:32; 8:2 ↩
  115. 115. Jeremiah 31:40 2 Sam 15:23; 2 Kin 23:6, 12; John 18:1 ↩
  116. 116. Jeremiah 31:40 2 Kin 11:16; 2 Chr 23:15; Neh 3:28 ↩
  117. 117. Jeremiah 31:40 Joel 3:17; Zech 14:20 ↩

Commentaries on Jeremiah 31

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