1 At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.2 Thus saith Jehovah: The people {that were} left of the sword have found grace in the wilderness, {even} Israel, when I go to give him rest.3 Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, {saying,} Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.4 I will build thee again, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel! Thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambours, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.5 Thou shalt again plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall eat the fruit.6 For there shall be a day, when the watchmen upon mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God.7 For thus saith Jehovah: Sing aloud {with} gladness for Jacob, and shout at the head of the nations; publish ye, praise ye, and say, Jehovah, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.8 Behold, I bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth; {and} among them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great assemblage shall they return hither.9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them; I will cause them to walk by water-brooks, in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I will be a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.10 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye nations, and declare {it} to the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd his flock.11 For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.12 And they shall come and sing aloud upon the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, for corn, and for new 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 languish any more at all.13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into gladness, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrow.14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah.15 Thus saith Jehovah: A voice hath been heard in Ramah, the wail of very bitter weeping, -Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are not.16 Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for there is a reward for thy work, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.17 And there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah, and thy children shall come again to their own border.18 I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself {thus}: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after I knew myself, I smote upon {my} thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, for I bear the reproach of my youth.20 Is Ephraim a dear son unto me? is he a child of delights? For whilst I have been speaking against him, I do constantly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will certainly have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.21 Set up waymarks, make for thyself signposts; set thy heart toward the highway, the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.22 How long wilt thou wander about, thou backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath created a new thing on the earth, a woman shall encompass a man.23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: They shall again use this speech, in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall turn their captivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness!24 And therein shall dwell Judah, and all the cities thereof together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and every languishing soul have I replenished.26 -Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.27 Behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah {with} the seed of man and the seed of beast.28 And it shall come to pass, as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to overthrow, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them to build, and to plant, saith Jehovah.29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge:30 for every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.31 Behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of my taking them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.33 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will pardon their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.35 Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for light by day, the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for light by night, who stirreth up the sea so that the waves thereof roar, -Jehovah of hosts is his name:36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.37 Thus saith Jehovah: If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off the whole seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.38 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah, from the tower of Hananeel unto the corner-gate.39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth before it unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn toward Goath.40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the torrent Kidron, unto the corner of the horse-gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah: it shall not be plucked up, nor overthrown any more for ever.

1 In die tyd, spreek die HERE, sal Ek vir al die geslagte van Israel 'n God wees, en hulle sal vir My 'n volk wees.2 So sê die HERE: Die volk van diegene wat van die swaard vrygeraak het, het genade gevind in die woestyn, op weg om sy rus te geniet, naamlik Israel.3 Die HERE het aan my verskyn uit die verte: Ja, Ek het jou liefgehad met 'n ewige liefde; daarom het Ek jou getrek met goedertierenheid.4 Ek sal jou weer bou, en jy sal gebou word, o jonkvrou van Israel! Jy sal jou weer versier met jou tamboeryne en uittrek in die koordans van die spelers.5 Jy sal weer wingerde plant op die berge van Samar¡a; die planters sal plant en die vrugte geniet.6 Want die dag is daar dat die oppassers op die berge van Efraim roep: Maak julle klaar en laat ons optrek na Sion, na die HERE onse God.7 Want so sê die HERE: Jubel oor Jakob van vreugde, en juig oor die hoof van die nasies; laat dit hoor, sing lof en sê: o HERE, verlos u volk, die oorblyfsel van Israel!8 Kyk, Ek bring hulle aan uit die Noordland en sal hulle bymekaar laat kom uit die agterhoeke van die aarde; blindes en lammes, swangeres en barendes onder hulle, almal saam; in 'n groot vergadering sal hulle terugkom hiernatoe.9 Hulle sal kom met geween, en met smekinge sal Ek hulle lei; Ek sal hulle bring by waterstrome, op 'n gelyk pad waarop hulle nie sal struikel nie; want Ek is vir Israel 'n Vader, en Efraim is my eersgeborene.10 Hoor die woord van die HERE, o nasies, en verkondig in die kuslande wat ver is, en sê: Hy wat Israel verstrooi het, sal hom vergader en hom bewaak soos 'n herder sy kudde.11 Want die HERE het Jakob losgekoop en hom verlos uit die hand van hom wat sterker was as hy.12 En hulle sal kom en op die hoogte van Sion jubel en toestroom na die seëninge van die HERE, na die koring en die mos en die olie en na die jong skape en beeste; en hulle siel sal wees soos 'n welbesproeide tuin, en hulle sal verder nie meer kwyn nie.13 Dan sal die jonkvrou haar verheug in die koordans, ja, die jongmanne en die oues tesame; en Ek sal hulle rou in vreugde verander en hulle troos en hulle tot blydskap bring uit hulle kommer.14 En Ek sal die siel van die priesters verkwik met vettigheid, en my volk sal versadig word met my seëninge, spreek die HERE.15 So sê die HERE: 'n Stem word gehoor in Rama, geklaag, bitter geween; Ragel ween oor haar kinders; sy weier om getroos te word oor haar kinders, omdat hulle daar nie is nie.16 So sê die HERE: Bedwing jou stem van geween en jou oë van trane; want daar is loon vir jou arbeid, spreek die HERE; en hulle sal uit die land van die vyand terugkom.17 Ja, daar is verwagting vir jou nakomelinge, spreek die HERE; en die kinders sal terugkom na hulle grondgebied.18 Sekerlik het Ek Efraim hoor weeklaag: U het my getugtig en ek het my laat tugtig soos 'n ongeleerde kalf. Bekeer my, dan sal ek my bekeer, want U is die HERE my God.19 Want nadat ek tot inkeer gekom het, het ek berou gehad; en nadat ek tot insig gekom het, het ek op die heup geslaan; ek het beskaamd gestaan, ja, ook in die skande gekom, omdat ek die smaad van my jeug dra.20 Is Efraim vir My 'n dierbare seun of 'n troetelkind? Want so dikwels as Ek teen hom spreek, dink Ek nog altyd aan hom; daarom is my ingewande oor hom in beroering; Ek sal My sekerlik oor hom ontferm, spreek die HERE.21 Rig vir jou mylpale op, maak vir jou padwysers, let op die grootpad, die pad wat jy geloop het. Kom terug, o jonkvrou van Israel, kom terug na hierdie stede van jou!22 Hoe lank sal jy bly aarsel, o afkerige dogter? Want die HERE het iets nuuts op die aarde geskape: Die vrou sal die man beskerm.23 So sê die HERE van die leërskare, die God van Israel: Weer sal hulle hierdie woord sê in die land Juda en in die stede daarvan, as Ek hulle lot verander: Mag die HERE jou seën, o woning van geregtigheid, heilige berg!24 En Juda en al sy stede sal daarin woon, almal saam; die landbouers en die wat met troppe vee rondtrek.25 Want Ek verkwik die vermoeide siel en elke kwynende siel versadig Ek.27 Kyk, daar kom dae, spreek die HERE, dat Ek die huis van Israel en die huis van Juda sal besaai met saad van mense en van diere.28 En soos Ek oor hulle wakker was om uit te ruk en om te gooi en te verwoes en te vernietig en skade aan te doen, so sal Ek oor hulle wakker wees om te bou en te plant, spreek die HERE.29 In die dae sal hulle nie meer sê nie: Die vaders het groen druiwe geëet, en die tande van die kinders het stomp geword.30 Maar elkeen sal weens sy eie ongeregtigheid sterwe; elke mens wat die groen druiwe eet, sy tande sal stomp word.31 Kyk, daar kom dae, spreek die HERE, dat Ek met die huis van Israel en die huis van Juda 'n nuwe verbond sal sluit;32 nie soos die verbond wat Ek met hulle vaders gesluit het op die dag toe Ek hulle hand gegryp het om hulle uit Egipteland uit te lei nie -- my verbond wat hulle verbreek het, alhoewel k gebieder oor hulle was, spreek die HERE.33 Maar dit is die verbond wat Ek n die dae met die huis van Israel sal sluit, spreek die HERE: Ek gee my wet in hulle binneste en skrywe dit op hulle hart; en Ek sal vir hulle 'n God wees, en hulle sal vir My 'n volk wees.34 En hulle sal nie meer elkeen sy naaste en elkeen sy broer leer nie en sê: Ken die HERE; want hulle sal My almal ken, klein en groot onder hulle, spreek die HERE; want Ek sal hulle ongeregtigheid vergewe en aan hulle sonde nie meer dink nie.35 So sê die HERE wat die son gee tot 'n lig oordag, die ordeninge van die maan en van die sterre tot 'n lig in die nag; wat die see in beroering bring, sodat sy golwe bruis, HERE van die leërskare is sy Naam:36 As hierdie verordeninge voor my aangesig sal wyk, spreek die HERE, dan sal die nageslag van Israel ook ophou om 'n volk te wees voor my aangesig vir altyd.37 So sê die HERE: As die hemele daarbo gemeet en die fondamente van die aarde daaronder nagespeur kan word, dan sal Ek ook die hele nageslag van Israel verwerp weens alles wat hulle gedoen het, spreek die HERE.38 Kyk, daar kom dae, spreek die HERE, dat die stad vir die HERE herbou sal word, van die toring Han neël af tot by die Hoekpoort.39 En die meetsnoer sal verder reguit aanloop tot by die heuwel Gareb en swaai na Goa toe.40 En die hele dal van die lyke en van die as, en al die velde tot by die spruit Kidron, tot by die hoek van die Perdepoort teen die ooste, sal aan die HERE heilig wees; dit sal nie weer uitgeruk of verwoes word in ewigheid nie.