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Hear the word of the L
ORD
, O ye nations, and declare
it
in the isles afar off, and say, He that
scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd
doth
his flock.
11
For the L
ORD
hath
redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of
him that was
stronger than he.
12
Therefore
they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the L
ORD
,
for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul
shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
13
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 sorrow.
14
And I will satiate the soul of the
priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the L
ORD
.
15
Thus saith the L
ORD
; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation,
and
bitter weeping; Rahel
weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they
were
not.
16
Thus
saith the L
ORD
; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be
rewarded, saith the L
ORD
; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
17
And there is
hope in thine end, saith the L
ORD
, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself
thus;
Thou hast chastised me, and I was
chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed
to the yoke:
turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou
art
the L
ORD
my God.
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Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I
smote upon
my
thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my
youth.
20
Is
Ephraimmy dear son?
is he
a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly
remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him,
saith the L
ORD
.
21
Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway,
even
the way
which
thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
22
How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the L
ORD
hath created a new
thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
23
Thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel;
As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring
again their captivity; The L
ORD
bless thee, O habitation of justice,
and
mountain of holiness.
24
And
there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they
that
go forth with flocks.
25
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful
soul.
26
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
27
Behold, the days come, saith the L
ORD
, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of
Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
28
And it shall come to pass,
that
like as I
have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and
to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the L
ORD
.
29
In those days they
shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
30
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall
be set on edge.
31
Behold, the days come, saith the L
ORD
, that I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel, and with the house of Judah:
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Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
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