1 "At that time," declares the LORD, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people."2 This is what the LORD says: "The people who survive the sword will find favor in the wilderness; I will come to give rest to Israel."3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, "saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.4 I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful.5 Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant them and enjoy their fruit.6 There will be a day when watchmen cry out on the hills of Ephraim, 'Come, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.'"7 This is what the LORD says: "Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard, and say, 'LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel.'8 See, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor; a great throng will return.9 They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel's father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son.10 "Hear the word of the LORD, you nations; proclaim it in distant coastlands: 'He who scattered Israel will gather them and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.'11 For the LORD will deliver Jacob and redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they.12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the LORD — the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will sorrow no more.13 Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.14 I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty," declares the LORD.15 This is what the LORD says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."16 This is what the LORD says: "Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded," declares the LORD. "They will return from the land of the enemy.17 So there is hope for your descendants," declares the LORD. "Your children will return to their own land.18 "I have surely heard Ephraim's moaning: 'You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the LORD my God.19 After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.'20 Is not Ephraim my dear son, the child in whom I delight? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him," declares the LORD.21 "Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Take note of the highway, the road that you take. Return, Virgin Israel, return to your towns.22 How long will you wander, unfaithful Daughter Israel? The LORD will create a new thing on earth — the woman will return to "the man."23 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "When I bring them back from captivity, "the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: 'The LORD bless you, you prosperous city, you sacred mountain.'24 People will live together in Judah and all its towns —farmers and those who move about with their flocks.25 I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint."26 At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.27 "The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals.28 Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," declares the LORD.29 "In those days people will no longer say, 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'30 Instead, everyone will die for their own sin; whoever eats sour grapes —their own teeth will be set on edge.31 "The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to "them, "" declares the LORD.33 "This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.34 No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."35 This is what the LORD says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar — the LORD Almighty is his name:36 "Only if these decrees vanish from my sight," declares the LORD, "will Israel ever cease being a nation before me."37 This is what the LORD says: "Only if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below be searched out will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done," declares the LORD.38 "The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when this city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.39 The measuring line will stretch from there straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to Goah.40 The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate, will be holy to the LORD. The city will never again be uprooted or demolished."

1 [In tempore illo, dicit Dominus,ero Deus universis cognationibus Isral,et ipsi erunt mihi in populum.2 Hc dicit Dominus :Invenit gratiam in deserto populus qui remanserat a gladio :vadet ad requiem suam Isral.3 Longe Dominus apparuit mihi.Et in caritate perpetua dilexi te :ideo attraxi te, miserans.4 Rursumque dificabo te, et dificaberis, virgo Isral :adhuc ornaberis tympanis tuis,et egredieris in choro ludentium.5 Adhuc plantabis vineas in montibus Samari :plantabunt plantantes,et donec tempus veniat, non vindemiabunt.6 Quia erit dies in qua clamabunt custodes in monte Ephraim :Surgite, et ascendamus in Sion ad Dominum Deum nostrum.7 Quia hc dicit Dominus :Exsultate in ltitia, Jacob,et hinnite contra caput gentium :personate, et canite, et dicite :Salva, Domine, populum tuum, reliquias Isral.8 Ecce ego adducam eos de terra aquilonis,et congregabo eos ab extremis terr :inter quos erunt ccus et claudus,prgnans et pariens simul,ctus magnus revertentium huc.9 In fletu venient,et in misericordia reducam eos :et adducam eos per torrentes aquarum in via recta,et non impingent in ea,quia factus sum Israli pater,et Ephraim primogenitus meus est.10 Audite verbum Domini, gentes,et annuntiate in insulis qu procul sunt,et dicite : Qui dispersit Isral congregabit eum,et custodiet eum sicut pastor gregem suum.11 Redemit enim Dominus Jacob,et liberavit eum de manu potentioris.12 Et venient, et laudabunt in monte Sion :et confluent ad bona Domini,super frumento, et vino, et oleo,et ftu pecorum et armentorum :eritque anima eorum quasi hortus irriguus,et ultra non esurient.13 Tunc ltabitur virgo in choro,juvenes et senes simul :et convertam luctum eorum in gaudium,et consolabor eos, et ltificabo a dolore suo.14 Et inebriabo animam sacerdotum pinguedine,et populus meus bonis meis adimplebitur, ait Dominus.15 Hc dicit Dominus :Vox in excelso audita est lamentationis,luctus, et fletus Rachel plorantis filios suos,et nolentis consolari super eis,quia non sunt.16 Hc dicit Dominus :Quiescat vox tua a ploratu,et oculi tui a lacrimis,quia est merces operi tuo, ait Dominus,et revertentur de terra inimici :17 et est spes novissimis tuis, ait Dominus,et revertentur filii ad terminos suos.18 Audiens audivi Ephraim transmigrantem :Castigasti me, et eruditus sum,quasi juvenculus indomitus :converte me, et convertar,quia tu Dominus Deus meus.19 Postquam enim convertisti me, egi pnitentiam :et postquam ostendisti mihi, percussi femur meum.Confusus sum, et erubui,quoniam sustinui opprobrium adolescenti me.20 Si filius honorabilis mihi Ephraim,si puer delicatus !quia ex quo locutus sum de eo,adhuc recordabor ejus.Idcirco conturbata sunt viscera mea super eum :miserans miserebor ejus, ait Dominus.21 Statue tibi speculam,pone tibi amaritudines :dirige cor tuum in viam rectam in qua ambulasti :revertere, virgo Isral,revertere ad civitates tuas istas.22 Usquequo deliciis dissolveris, filia vaga ?quia creavit Dominus novum super terram :femina circumdabit virum.23 Hc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Isral :Adhuc dicent verbum istudin terra Juda et in urbibus ejus,cum convertero captivitatem eorum :Benedicat tibi Dominus, pulchritudo justiti, mons sanctus :24 et habitabunt in eo Judas et omnes civitates ejus simul,agricol et minantes greges.25 Quia inebriavi animam lassam,et omnem animam esurientem saturavi.26 Ideo quasi de somno suscitatus sum :et vidi, et somnus meus dulcis mihi.27 Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus,et seminabo domum Isral et domum Judasemine hominum et semine jumentorum.28 Et sicut vigilavi super eosut evellerem, et demolirer, et dissiparem,et disperderem, et affligerem,sic vigilabo super eosut dificem et plantem, ait Dominus.29 In diebus illis non dicent ultra :Patres comederunt uvam acerbam,et dentes filiorum obstupuerunt.30 Sed unusquisque in iniquitate sua morietur :omnis homo, qui comederit uvam acerbam,obstupescent dentes ejus.31 Ecce dies venient, dicit Dominus,et feriam domui Isral et domui Juda fdus novum,32 non secundum pactum quod pepigi cum patribus eorumin die qua apprehendi manum eorumut educerem eos de terra gypti,pactum quod irritum fecerunt :et ego dominatus sum eorum, dicit Dominus.33 Sed hoc erit pactum quod feriam cum domo Isralpost dies illos, dicit Dominus :dabo legem meam in visceribus eorum,et in corde eorum scribam eam,et ero eis in Deum,et ipsi erunt mihi in populum :34 et non docebit ultra vir proximum suumet vir fratrem suum,dicens : Cognosce Dominum :omnes enim cognoscent me,a minimo eorum usque ad maximum, ait Dominus :quia propitiabor iniquitati eorum,et peccati eorum non memorabor amplius.35 Hc dicit Dominus qui dat solem in lumine diei,ordinem lun et stellarum in lumine noctis :qui turbat mare, et sonant fluctus ejus :Dominus exercituum nomen illi :36 Si defecerint leges ist coram me, dicit Dominus,tunc et semen Isral deficiet,ut non sit gens coram me cunctis diebus.37 Hc dicit Dominus :Si mensurari potuerint cli sursum,et investigari fundamenta terr deorsum,et ego abjiciam universum semen Isral,propter omnia qu fecerunt, dicit Dominus.38 Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus,et dificabitur civitas Domino,a turre Hananeel usque ad portam anguli.39 Et exibit ultra norma mensurin conspectu ejus super collem Gareb,et circuibit Goatha,40 et omnem vallem cadaverum, et cineris,et universam regionem mortisusque ad torrentem Cedron,et usque ad angulum port equorum orientalis,Sanctum Domini :non evelletur, et non destruetur ultra in perpetuum.]