1 "At that time," says Yahweh, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people."

2 Yahweh says, "The people who survive the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest."

3 Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying,

"Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love.

Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.

4 I will build you again,

and you will be built, O virgin of Israel.

You will again be adorned with your tambourines,

and will go out in the dances of those who make merry.

5 Again you will plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria.

The planters will plant,

and will enjoy its fruit.

6 For there will be a day that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim cry,

‘Arise! Let’s go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.’"

7 For Yahweh says,

"Sing with gladness for Jacob,

and shout for the chief of the nations.

Publish, praise, and say,

‘Yahweh, save your people,

the remnant of Israel!’

8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country,

and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth,

along with the blind and the lame,

the woman with child and her who travails with child together.

They will return as a great company.

9 They will come with weeping.

I will lead them with petitions.

I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters,

in a straight way in which they won’t stumble;

for I am a father to Israel.

Ephraim is my firstborn.

10 "Hear Yahweh’s word, you nations,

and declare it in the distant islands. Say,

‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,

and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’

11 For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob,

and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

12 They will come and sing in the height of Zion,

and will flow to the goodness of Yahweh,

to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil,

and to the young of the flock and of the herd.

Their soul will be as a watered garden.

They will not sorrow any more at all.

13 Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,

the young men and the old together;

for I will turn their mourning into joy,

and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

14 I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness,

and my people will be satisfied with my goodness," says Yahweh.

15 Yahweh says:

"A voice is heard in Ramah,

lamentation and bitter weeping,

Rachel weeping for her children.

She refuses to be comforted for her children,

because they are no more."

16 Yahweh says:

"Refrain your voice from weeping,

and your eyes from tears,

for your work will be rewarded," says Yahweh.

"They will come again from the land of the enemy.

17 There is hope for your latter end," says Yahweh.

"Your children will come again to their own territory.

18 "I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus,

‘You have chastised me,

and I was chastised, as an untrained calf.

Turn me, and I will be turned,

for you are Yahweh my God.

19 Surely after that I was turned.

I repented.

After that I was instructed.

I struck my thigh.

I was ashamed, yes, even confounded,

because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

20 Is Ephraim my dear son?

Is he a darling child?

For as often as I speak against him,

I still earnestly remember him.

therefore my heart yearns for him.

I will surely have mercy on him," says Yahweh.

21 "Set up road signs.

Make guideposts.

Set your heart toward the highway,

even the way by which you went.

Turn again, virgin of Israel.

Turn again to these your cities.

22 How long will you go here and there,

you backsliding daughter?

For Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth:

a woman will encompass a man."

23 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Yet again they will use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I reverse their captivity: ‘Yahweh bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.’ 24 Judah and all its cities will dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks. 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul."

26 On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

27 "Behold, the days come," says Yahweh, "that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of animal. 28 It will happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," says Yahweh. 29 "In those days they will say no more,

"‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

30 But everyone will die for his own iniquity. Every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.

31 "Behold, the days come," says Yahweh, "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 that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, which covenant of mine they broke, although I was a husband to them," says Yahweh. 33 "But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days," says Yahweh:

"I will put my law in their inward parts,

and I will write it in their heart.

I will be their God,

and they shall be my people.

34 They will no longer each teach his neighbor,

and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’

for they will all know me,

from their least to their greatest," says Yahweh,

"for I will forgive their iniquity,

and I will remember their sin no more."

35 Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day,

and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night,

who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar—

Yahweh of Armies is his name, says:

36 "If these ordinances depart from before me," says Yahweh,

"then the offspring of Israel also will cease from being a nation before me forever."

37 Yahweh says: "If heaven above can be measured,

and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,

then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done," says Yahweh.

38 "Behold, the days come," says Yahweh, "that the city will be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner. 39 The measuring line will go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and will turn toward Goah. 40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, will be holy to Yahweh. It will not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever."

1 In that time, said the LORD, [I] will be the God unto all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

2 Thus hath the LORD said, The people [which were] left of the sword found grace in the wilderness as [I] went to cause Israel to find rest.

3 The LORD has appeared of old unto me, [saying], I have loved thee with an eternal love: therefore, I have put up with thee with mercy.

4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambourines and shalt go forth in the chorus of dancers.

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 in which the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up into Zion unto the LORD our God.

7 For thus hath the LORD said; Rejoice in Jacob with joy, and [give shouts of] joy at the head of the Gentiles; cause [this] to be heard, [give] praise, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

8 Behold, I turn them from the land of the north [wind] and gather them from the coasts of the earth; there shall be blind and lame among them, and women with child and those that travail with child together; a great company shall return there.

9 They shall come with weeping, but with mercies I will cause them to return; I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble; for I shall be a father to Israel, and Ephraim [shall be] my firstborn.

10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye Gentiles, and cause it to be known in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him and keep him, as a shepherd [does] his flock.

11 For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of [him that was] stronger than he.

12 Therefore they shall come and do praises in the height of Zion and shall run unto the goodness of the LORD, unto the bread, and unto the wine, and unto the oil, and unto the gain 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 priest with fatness, and my people shall be filled with my goodness, said the LORD.

15 Thus hath the LORD said; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her sons, she refused to be comforted regarding her sons, because they perished.

16 Thus hath the LORD said; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

17 There is also hope for thine end, saith the LORD, and the sons shall come again to their own border.

18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], Thou hast afflicted me, and I was chastised as an indomitable bullock: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God.

19 Surely after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh; I was ashamed, and even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.

20 Peradventure is Ephraim a precious son unto me? Peradventure [is he unto me] a delightful child? With all this since I spoke of him, I have remembered him constantly. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him; in tenderness I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.

21 Establish signs, make thee high markers; consider the highway with great care, [even] the way [which] thou didst come; return, O virgin of Israel, return unto these thy cities.

22 How long wilt thou wander, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD will bring forth a new thing upon the earth, A woman shall compass the man.

23 Thus hath the LORD of the hosts the God of Israel said; Even yet shall they speak this word in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof when I shall turn their captivity: The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice [and] mountain of holiness.

24 And Judah shall dwell in her, and also in all her cities, husbandmen, and those [that] go forth with flocks.

25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have filled every sorrowful soul.

26 Upon this I awoke, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

27 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, 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, said the LORD.

29 In those days they shall no longer say, The fathers have eaten the sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

30 But each one shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

31 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, in which I will make a new covenant with the house of Jacob and with the house of Judah:

32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day [that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt because they invalidated my covenant although I was a husband unto them, said the LORD;

33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, said the LORD, I will give my law in their souls and write it in their hearts and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

34 And they shall no longer teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD, for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, said the LORD, for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

35 Thus hath the LORD said, who gives the sun for light by day, [and] the laws of the moon and of the stars for light by night, who divides the sea and the waves thereof roar; The LORD of the hosts [is] his name;

36 If these laws depart from before me, said the LORD, [then] the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

37 Thus hath the LORD said: If the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, said the LORD.

38 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, and the city shall be built unto the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.

39 And the measuring line shall extend before him upon the hill Gareb and shall compass about to Goath.

40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of [the ashes with] the [burnt] fat, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east [shall be] holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.: