OET-RV JER chapter 31

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31:1 Yisrael’s return home

31 Yahweh declares that at that time, I’ll be the god to all of Yisrael’s families, and they’ll be my people. 2 Yahweh says this:

A people, the survivors after being attacked in war,

found favour in the wilderness,

Yisrael going to find a peaceful place.

3 From far off, Yahweh appeared to me: I’ve always loved you

therefore I’ve displayed loyal commitment to help you endure.

4 I’ll rebuild you, and you’ll be restored, Yisrael’s pretty daughter.

Again you’ll adorn yourself with your tambourines,

≈ and will go out in the dance of those celebrating.

5 You’ll plant vineyards again on the Shomron (Samaria) hills.

The planters will plant and make them productive.

6 Yes, there’ll be a day when the watchers in the Efrayim hill country will call out,

‘Get ready and let’s go up to our god Yahweh at Tsiyyon (Zion),’

7 because Yahweh says this:

“Sing for Yisrael (Yakov) with gladness,

≈ and shout for this leader of the nations.

Cause it to be heard, praise, and say,

‘Yahweh, save your people, the remnant of Yisrael.’

8 Listen, I’m bringing them back from the land in the north,

≈ and I’ll gather them from the remote parts of the world.

Among them are the blind and the lame,

and pregnant women together with those giving birth.

A large number of people will return here.

9 They’ll be weeping as they come,

and as they request me, I’ll bring them out.

I’ll cause them to walk to streams of water on a straight road.

They won’t stumble on it.

because I’ve become a father for Yisrael,

≈ and Efrayim,[fn] he’s my firstborn.

10 Listen to Yahweh’s message, you nations,

and declare it in the coastlands from far off, and say,

‘The one scattering Yisrael will gather him back,

and he’ll protect him like a shepherd of his flock,

11 because Yahweh has ransomed Yisrael (Yakov)

and paid the price to free it from the power of a nation that’s stronger than it.

12 Then they’ll come and sing on Tsiyyon’s (Zion’s) heights,

and they’ll be radiant about Yahweh’s goodness:

about the grain, about the new wine and the fresh oil,

and about the young from the flock and the herd.

Their soul will be like a watered garden,

and they won’t be weakened again.

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OET-RV JER Chapter 31