ABP - Jeremiah - 31

31:1  In that time, said the lord, I will be for a God to the race of Israel, and they will be to me for a people.

31:2  Thus said the lord, They found it hot in the wilderness with ones being destroyed by sword. Proceed! and you should not destroy Israel.

31:3  The lord [2at a distance 1shall be seen] by him, saying, [2affection 1With an everlasting] I loved you; on account of this I drew you for pitying.

31:4  For I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel. You shall still take your tambourine, and go forth with a congregation playing.

31:5  For you planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. In planting plant! and in praising praise!

31:6  For it is the day of calling, of ones pleading on the mountains of Ephraim, saying, Rise up, and ascend in Zion to the lord your God!

31:7  For thus said the lord to Jacob, Be glad and snort over the head of nations! [2audibly 1Do it], and praise! Say! The lord delivered his people, the remnant of Israel.

31:8  Behold, I lead them from the north, and I will gather them from the ends of the earth, in a holiday passover. And you shall produce children, [2multitude 1a great], and they shall return here.

31:9  In weeping they went forth, and in comfort I will lead them. Lodging upon aqueducts of waters in [2way 1the straight], and in no way shall they wander in it. For I became to Israel for a father, and Ephraim [2my first-born 1is].

31:10  Hear the words of the lord, O nations, and announce unto islands far off! Say! The one winnowing Israel will gather him, and he shall guard him as the one grazing his flock.

31:11  For the lord ransomed Jacob and rescued him from out of the hand of ones more substantial than he.

31:12  And they shall come and shall be glad in mount Zion. And they shall come upon the good things of the lord, upon a land of grain, and wine, and olive oil, and fruits, and cattle, and sheep. And [2shall be 1their soul] as the tree containing fruit. And they shall not hunger any longer.

31:13  Then [2shall rejoice 1virgins] in a gathering of young men; and old men shall rejoice. And I will turn their mourning into joyfulness, and I will comfort them, and I will make them ones being glad.

31:14  I will magnify and intoxicate the soul of the priests, sons of Levi. And my people [2of my good things 1shall be filled up]. Thus said the lord.

31:15  A voice in Rama was heard -- wailing, and weeping, and grieving; Rachel weeping for her sons; and she did not want to be comforted, for they are not.

31:16  Thus said the lord, Stop your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for there is a wage for your works, says the lord, and they shall return from out of the land of the enemies;

31:17  And there shall be hope to the last of you, says the lord. And [3shall return 1the 2sons] to their borders.

31:18  In hearing I heard Ephraim grieving, saying, You corrected me, and I was corrected. I, as a calf, was not taught. Turn me! and I will turn. For you are the lord my God.

31:19  For after my captivity, I changed my mind; and after my knowing, I moaned over the day of shame. And I showed you plainly that I took scorning of my youth.

31:20  [3son 2a beloved 1Ephraim is] to me, a child for reveling in, for because my words are in him; in remembering I will remember him; on account of this I hastened unto him; by showing mercy I shall show mercy on him, says the lord.

31:21  Establish to yourself overseers! Execute punishment! Give your heart to your shoulders in the way in which you were going! Return, O virgin Israel! Return unto your cities mourning!

31:22  Until when shall you return, O daughter being disgraced? For the lord created safety for [2planting 1a new]; in your safety [2shall go about 1men].

31:23  Thus said the lord of the forces, the God of Israel, Still they shall say this word in the land of Judah, and in his cities, whenever I shall return his resettlement; Being blessed is the lord upon [2just 3mountain 1his holy];

31:24  even the ones dwelling in the cities of Judah, and in all his land together with the farmer, and he shall be lifted with the flock.

31:25  For I intoxicated the soul thirsting; and every soul hungering I filled up.

31:26  On account of this I awoke, and beheld; and my sleep [2agreeable 3to me 1was].

31:27  Behold, days come, says the lord, and I shall sow Israel and Judah with the seed of man, and the seed of beast.

31:28  And it will be as I was vigilant over them even to demolish and to inflict evil, so I will be vigilant over them to build and to plant, says the lord.

31:29  In those days in no way shall they say, The fathers ate an unripe grape, and teeth of the children had tooth-chills.

31:30  But each in his own sin shall die. And the one eating the unripe grape, [3shall have tooth-chills 1their 2teeth].

31:31  Behold, days come, says the lord, and I shall ordain to the house of Israel, and to the house of Judah, [2covenant 1a new].

31:32  Not according to the covenant which I ordained with their fathers, in the day in which I took hold of their hand to lead them from out of the land of Egypt; for they did not adhere to my covenant, and I neglected them, says the lord.

31:33  For this is my covenant which I shall ordain with the house of Israel after those days, says the lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and [3upon 4their hearts 1I will write 2them]; and I will be to them for God, and they will be to me for a people.

31:34  And in no way shall [2teach 1each] his neighbor, and each his brother, saying, Know the lord! For all shall know me, from their small unto their great, says the lord. For I will be kind to their iniquities, and their sins in no way shall I remember any more.

31:35  Thus said the lord, the one appointing the sun for light of the day, moon and stars for light of the night, and the roar in the sea, and [2resonated 1its waves]; the lord almighty is his name.

31:36  If [3should cease 2laws 1these] from in front of me, says the lord, then the race of Israel shall cease to become a nation in front of me all the days.

31:37  Thus says the lord, If [3should be raised up 1the 2heaven] in elevation, and if [5should be lowered 1the 2floor 3of the 4earth] below, yet I shall not reject the race of Israel, says the lord, for all which they did.

31:38  Behold, days come, says the lord, and [2shall be built 1a city] to the lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.

31:39  And [2shall go forth 1its measurement] before it unto the hills of Gareb; and it shall be surrounded round about of choice stones,

31:40  and all the valley Phagarim and ashes, and all Asaremoth unto the rushing stream Kidron, unto the corner gate of the horses eastward, shall be a sanctuary to the lord; and no longer shall it be plucked up, and in no way shall it be demolished unto the eon.