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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jeremiah 31
³ The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying, "I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.
⁴ "Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you will take up your tambourines, And go forth to the dances of the merrymakers.
⁵ "Again you will plant vineyards On the hills of Samaria; The planters will plant And will enjoy them.
⁶ "For there will be a day when watchmen On the hills of Ephraim call out, ’Arise, and let us go up to Zion, To the Lord our God.’"
⁷ For thus says the Lord, "Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise and say, ’O Lord, save Your people, The remnant of Israel.’
⁸ "Behold, I am bringing them from the north country, And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together; A great company, they will return here.
⁹ "With weeping they will come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, On a straight path in which they will not stumble; For I am a father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn."
¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, And declare in the coastlands afar off, And say, "He who scattered Israel will gather him And keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock."
¹¹ For the Lord has ransomed Jacob And redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
¹² "They will come and shout for joy on the height of Zion, And they will be radiant over the bounty of the Lord- Over the grain and the new wine and the oil, And over the young of the flock and the herd; And their life will be like a watered garden, And they will never languish again.
¹³ "Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old, together, For I will turn their mourning into joy And will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow.