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[1]At the same timeH6256, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, will I be the GodH430 of all the familiesH4940 of IsraelH3478, and they shall be my peopleH5971.
[2]Thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068, The peopleH5971 which were leftH8300 of the swordH2719 foundH4672[H8804] graceH2580 in the wildernessH4057; even IsraelH3478, when I wentH1980[H8800] to cause him to restH7280.[H8687]
[3]The LORDH3068 hath appearedH7200[H8738] of oldH7350 unto me, saying, Yea, I have lovedH157[H8804] thee with an everlastingH5769 loveH160: therefore with lovingkindnessH2617 have I drawnH4900 theeH8804.
[4]Again I will buildH1129[H8799] thee, and thou shalt be builtH1129[H8738], O virginH1330 of IsraelH3478: thou shalt again be adornedH5710[H8799] with thy tabretsH8596, and shalt go forthH3318[H8804] in the dancesH4234 of them that make merryH7832.[H8764]
[5]Thou shalt yet plantH5193[H8799] vinesH3754 upon the mountainsH2022 of SamariaH8111: the plantersH5193[H8802] shall plantH5193[H8804], and shall eat them as common thingsH2490.[H8765]
[6]For there shall beH3426 a dayH3117, that the watchmenH5341[H8802] upon the mountH2022 EphraimH669 shall cryH7121[H8804], AriseH6965[H8798] ye, and let us go upH5927[H8799] to ZionH6726 unto the LORDH3068 our GodH430.
[7]For thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068; SingH7442[H8798] with gladnessH8057 for JacobH3290, and shoutH6670[H8761] among the chiefH7218 of the nationsH1471: publishH8085[H8685] ye, praiseH1984[H8761] ye, and sayH559[H8798], O LORDH3068, saveH3467[H8685] thy peopleH5971, the remnantH7611 of IsraelH3478.
[8]Behold, I will bringH935[H8688] them from the northH6828 countryH776, and gatherH6908[H8765] them from the coastsH3411 of the earthH776, and with them the blindH5787 and the lameH6455, the woman with childH2030 and her that travaileth with childH3205[H8802] togetherH3162: a greatH1419 companyH6951 shall returnH7725 thitherH8799.
[9]They shall comeH935[H8799] with weepingH1065, and with supplicationsH8469 will I leadH2986[H8686] them: I will cause them to walkH3212[H8686] by the riversH5158 of watersH4325 in a straightH3477 wayH1870, wherein they shall not stumbleH3782[H8735]: for I am a fatherH1 to IsraelH3478, and EphraimH669 is my firstbornH1060.
[10]HearH8085[H8798] the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068, O ye nationsH1471, and declareH5046[H8685] it in the islesH339 afar offH4801, and sayH559[H8798], He that scatteredH2219[H8764] IsraelH3478 will gatherH6908[H8762] him, and keepH8104[H8804] him, as a shepherdH7462[H8802] doth his flockH5739.
[11]For the LORDH3068 hath redeemedH6299[H8804] JacobH3290, and ransomedH1350[H8804] him from the handH3027 of him that was stronger than heH2389.
[12]Therefore they shall comeH935[H8804] and singH7442[H8765] in the heightH4791 of ZionH6726, and shall flow togetherH5102[H8804] to the goodnessH2898 of the LORDH3068, for wheatH1715, and for wineH8492, and for oilH3323, and for the youngH1121 of the flockH6629 and of the herdH1241: and their soulH5315 shall be as a wateredH7302 gardenH1588; and they shall not sorrowH1669[H8800] any moreH3254 at allH8686.
[13]Then shall the virginH1330 rejoiceH8055[H8799] in the danceH4234, both young menH970 and oldH2205 togetherH3162: for I will turnH2015[H8804] their mourningH60 into joyH8342, and will comfortH5162[H8765] them, and make them rejoiceH8055[H8765] from their sorrowH3015.
[14]And I will satiateH7301[H8765] the soulH5315 of the priestsH3548 with fatnessH1880, and my peopleH5971 shall be satisfiedH7646[H8799] with my goodnessH2898, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068.
[15]Thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068; A voiceH6963 was heardH8085[H8738] in RamahH7414, lamentationH5092, and bitterH8563 weepingH1065; RahelH7354 weepingH1058[H8764] for her childrenH1121 refusedH3985[H8765] to be comfortedH5162[H8736] for her children, because they were notH1121.
[16]Thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068; RefrainH4513[H8798] thy voiceH6963 from weepingH1065, and thine eyesH5869 from tearsH1832: for thy workH6468 shall beH3426 rewardedH7939, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068; and they shall come againH7725[H8804] from the landH776 of the enemyH341.[H8802]
[17]And there isH3426 hopeH8615 in thine endH319, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, that thy childrenH1121 shall come againH7725[H8804] to their own borderH1366.
[18]I have surelyH8085[H8800] heardH8085[H8804] EphraimH669 bemoaningH5110[H8711] himself thus; Thou hast chastisedH3256[H8765] me, and I was chastisedH3256[H8735], as a bullockH5695 unaccustomedH3808[H3925][H8795] to the yoke: turnH7725[H8685] thou me, and I shall be turnedH7725[H8799]; for thou art the LORDH3068 my GodH430.
[19]Surely afterH310 that I was turnedH7725[H8800], I repentedH5162[H8738]; and afterH310 that I was instructedH3045[H8736], I smoteH5606[H8804] upon my thighH3409: I was ashamedH954[H8804], yea, even confoundedH3637[H8738], because I did bearH5375[H8804] the reproachH2781 of my youthH5271.
[20]Is EphraimH669 my dearH3357 sonH1121? is he a pleasantH8191 childH3206? for sinceH1767 I spakeH1696[H8763] against him, I do earnestlyH2142[H8800] rememberH2142[H8799] him still: therefore my bowelsH4578 are troubledH1993[H8804] for him; I will surelyH7355[H8763] have mercyH7355[H8762] upon him, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068.
[21]Set thee upH5324[H8685] waymarksH6725, makeH7760[H8798] thee high heapsH8564: setH7896[H8798] thine heartH3820 toward the highwayH4546, even the wayH1870 which thou wentestH1980[H8804]: turn againH7725[H8798], O virginH1330 of IsraelH3478, turn againH7725[H8798] to these thy citiesH5892.
[22]How long wilt thou go aboutH2559[H8691], O thou backslidingH7728 daughterH1323? for the LORDH3068 hath createdH1254[H8804] a new thingH2319 in the earthH776, A womanH5347 shall compassH5437[H8779] a manH1397.
[23]Thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478; As yet they shall useH559[H8799] this speechH1697 in the landH776 of JudahH3063 and in the citiesH5892 thereof, when I shall bring againH7725[H8800] their captivityH7622; The LORDH3068 blessH1288[H8762] thee, O habitationH5116 of justiceH6664, and mountainH2022 of holinessH6944.
[24]And there shall dwellH3427[H8804] in JudahH3063 itself, and in all the citiesH5892 thereof togetherH3162, husbandmenH406, and they that go forthH5265[H8804] with flocksH5739.
[25]For I have satiatedH7301[H8689] the wearyH5889 soulH5315, and I have replenishedH4390[H8765] every sorrowfulH1669[H8804] soulH5315.
[26]Upon this I awakedH6974[H8689], and beheldH7200[H8799]; and my sleepH8142 was sweetH6149 unto meH8804.
[27]Behold, the daysH3117 comeH935[H8802], saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, that I will sowH2232[H8804] the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 and the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 with the seedH2233 of manH120, and with the seedH2233 of beastH929.
[28]And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched overH8245[H8804] them, to pluck upH5428[H8800], and to break downH5422[H8800], and to throw downH2040[H8800], and to destroyH6[H8687], and to afflictH7489[H8687]; so will I watch overH8245[H8799] them, to buildH1129[H8800], and to plantH5193[H8800], saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068.
[29]In those daysH3117 they shall sayH559[H8799] no more, The fathersH1 have eatenH398[H8804] a sour grapeH1155, and the children'sH1121 teethH8127 are set on edgeH6949.[H8799]
[30]But every oneH376 shall dieH4191[H8799] for his own iniquityH5771: every manH120 that eatethH398[H8802] the sour grapeH1155, his teethH8127 shall be set on edgeH6949.[H8799]
[31]Behold, the daysH3117 comeH935[H8802], saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, that I will makeH3772[H8804] a newH2319 covenantH1285 with the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, and with the houseH1004 of JudahH3063:
[32]Not according to the covenantH1285 that I madeH3772[H8804] with their fathersH1 in the dayH3117 that I tookH2388[H8687] them by the handH3027 to bring them outH3318[H8687] of the landH776 of EgyptH4714; which my covenantH1285 they brakeH6565[H8689], although I was an husbandH1166[H8804] unto them, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068:
[33]But this shall be the covenantH1285 that I will makeH3772[H8799] with the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478; AfterH310 those daysH3117, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, I will putH5414[H8804] my lawH8451 in their inward partsH7130, and writeH3789[H8799] it in their heartsH3820; and will be their GodH430, and they shall be my peopleH5971.
[34]And they shall teachH3925[H8762] no more every manH376 his neighbourH7453, and every manH376 his brotherH251, sayingH559[H8800], KnowH3045[H8798] the LORDH3068: for they shall all knowH3045[H8799] me, from the leastH6996 of them unto the greatestH1419 of them, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068: for I will forgiveH5545[H8799] their iniquityH5771, and I will rememberH2142[H8799] their sin no moreH2403.
[35]Thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068, which givethH5414[H8802] the sunH8121 for a lightH216 by dayH3119, and the ordinancesH2708 of the moonH3394 and of the starsH3556 for a lightH216 by nightH3915, which dividethH7280[H8802] the seaH3220 when the wavesH1530 thereof roarH1993[H8799]; The LORDH3068 of hostsH6635 is his nameH8034:
[36]If those ordinancesH2706 departH4185[H8799] from beforeH6440 me, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, then the seedH2233 of IsraelH3478 also shall ceaseH7673[H8799] from being a nationH1471 beforeH6440 me for everH3117.
[37]Thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068; If heavenH8064 aboveH4605 can be measuredH4058[H8735], and the foundationsH4146 of the earthH776 searched outH2713[H8735] beneathH4295, I will also cast offH3988[H8799] all the seedH2233 of IsraelH3478 for all that they have doneH6213[H8804], saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068.
[38]Behold, the daysH3117 comeH935[H8802], saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, that the cityH5892 shall be builtH1129[H8738] to the LORDH3068 from the towerH4026 of HananeelH2606 unto the gateH8179 of the cornerH6438.
[39]And the measuringH4060 lineH6957[H8675][H6961] shall yet go forthH3318[H8804] over against it upon the hillH1389 GarebH1619, and shall compass aboutH5437[H8738] to GoathH1601.
[40]And the whole valleyH6010 of the dead bodiesH6297, and of the ashesH1880, and all the fieldsH7709[H8675][H8309] unto the brookH5158 of KidronH6939, unto the cornerH6438 of the horseH5483 gateH8179 toward the eastH4217, shall be holyH6944 unto the LORDH3068; it shall not be plucked upH5428[H8735], nor thrown downH2040[H8735] any more for everH5769.
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