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sins were increased.
15
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow
is
incurable for the multitude
of thine iniquity:
because
thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
16
Therefore
all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go
into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a
prey.
17
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the L
ORD
;
because they called thee an Outcast,
saying,
This
is
Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
18
Thus saith the L
ORD
; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy
on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain
after the manner thereof.
19
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that
make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they
shall not be small.
20
Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be
established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
21
And their nobles shall be of
themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw
near, and he shall approach unto me: for who
is
this that engaged his heart to approach unto me?
saith the L
ORD
.
22
And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
23
Behold, the whirlwind of
the L
ORD
goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the
wicked.
24
The fierce anger of the L
ORD
shall not return, until he have done
it,
and until he have
performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
CHAPTER 31
At the same time, saith the L
ORD
, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be
my people.
2
Thus saith the L
ORD
, The people
which were
left of the sword found grace in the
wilderness;
even
Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
3
The L
ORD
hath appeared of old unto
me,
saying,
Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I
drawn thee.
4
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be
adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
5
Thou shalt
yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat
them
as common
things.
6
For there shall be a day,
that
the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye,
and let us go up to Zion unto the L
ORD
our God.
7
For thus saith the L
ORD
; Sing with gladness for
Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O L
ORD
, save thy
people, the remnant of Israel.
8
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them
from the coasts of the earth,
and
with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her
that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
9
They shall come with
weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters
in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim
is
my
firstborn.
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