Jeremiah

At that time, says the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.

So says the LORD, The people [who were] left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I will go to give him rest.

The LORD has appeared to me from afar, [saying], Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness I have drawn you.

Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel. You shall again put on your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.

You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall eat [them] as common things.

For there shall be a day [that] the watchmen on Mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise and let us go up to Zion to the LORD our God!

For so says the LORD, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations. Cry out, give praise and say, O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel.

Behold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the corners of the earth, and with [them] the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together; a great company shall return there.

They shall come with weeping, and with prayers I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way; they shall not stumble in it, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] My firstborn.

Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare [it] in the coastlands afar off. And say, He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him, as a shepherd [keeps] his flock.

For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of the one stronger than he.

Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the sons of the flock and the herd. And their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not pine away any more at all.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their affliction.

And I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness, and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the LORD.

So says the LORD: A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing [and] bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her sons; she refuses to be comforted for her sons, because they [are] not.

So says the LORD: Hold back your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says the LORD. And they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

And there is hope for your future, says the LORD, that [your] sons shall come again to their own border.

I have surely heard Ephraim mourning to himself, [saying], You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull not broken in; turn me, and I shall be turned. For You [are] the LORD my God.

Surely after I was turned, I repented; and after I was taught, I struck on [my] thigh. I was ashamed, yea, I even blushed, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.

[Is] Ephraim My dear son? [Is he] a delightful child? For as often as I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still. Therefore My bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the LORD.

Set up waymarks, make sign posts for yourself. Set your heart toward the highway, the way you went. Turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.

How long will you turn to and fro, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land; a woman shall enclose a man.