1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jeremiah 31

1 The restoration of Israel. 10 The publication therof. 15 Rahel mourning is comforted. 18 Ephraim repenting is brought home again. 22 Christ is promised. 27 His care over the Church. 31 His New Covenant. 35 The stability, 38 and amplitude of the Church.

 31:1 “At that time 6256,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “I will be the God 430 of all 3605 the families 4940 of Israel 3478, and they shall be My people 5971a.”

 31:2 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, “The people 5971a who 8300 survived 8300 the sword 2719 Found 4672 grace 2580 in the wilderness 4057b— Israel 3478, when it went 1980 to find 7280b its rest 7280b.”

 31:3 The LORD 3068 appeared 7200 to him from afar 7350, [saying], “I have loved 157 you with an everlasting 5769 love 160; Therefore 5921 3651 I have drawn 4900 you with lovingkindness 2617a.

 31:4 “Again 5750 I will build 1129 you and you will be rebuilt 1129, O virgin 1330 of Israel 3478! Again 5750 you will take 5710b up your tambourines 8596, And go 3318 forth 3318 to the dances 4234 of the merrymakers 7832.

 31:5 “Again 5750 you will plant 5193 vineyards 3754 On the hills 2022 of Samaria 8111; The planters 5193 will plant 5193 And will enjoy 2490c [them].

 31:6 “For there 3426 will be a day 3117 when watchmen 5341 On the hills 2022 of Ephraim 669 call 7121 out, ‘Arise 6965, and let us go 5927 up [to] Zion 6726, To the LORD 3068 our God 430.’”

 31:7 ¶ For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, “Sing 7442 aloud 7442 with gladness 8057 for Jacob 3290, And shout 6670a among the chief 7218 of the nations 1471; Proclaim 8085, give 1984b praise 1984b and say 559, ‘O LORD 3068, save 3467 Your people 5971a, The remnant 7611 of Israel 3478.’

 31:8 “Behold 2009, I am bringing 935 them from the north 6828 country 776, And I will gather 6908 them from the remote 3411 parts 3411 of the earth 776, Among them the blind 5787 and the lame 6455, The woman 2030 with child 2030 and she who is in labor 3205 with child, together 3164a; A great 1419 company 6951, they will return 7725 here 2008.

 31:9 “With weeping 1065 they will come 935, And by supplication 8469 I will lead 2986 them; I will make them walk 1980 by streams 5158a of waters 4325, On a straight 3477 path 1870 in which they will not stumble 3782; For I am 1961 a father 1 to Israel 3478, And Ephraim 669 is My firstborn 1060.”

 31:10 ¶ Hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, O nations 1471, And declare 5046 in the coastlands 339 afar 4801 off 4801, And say 559, “He who scattered 2219 Israel 3478 will gather 6908 him And keep 8104 him as a shepherd 7462a keeps his flock 5739.”

 31:11 For the LORD 3068 has ransomed 6299 Jacob 3290 And redeemed 1350 him from the hand 3027 of him who 2389 was stronger 2389 than 4480 he.

 31:12 “They will come 935 and shout 7442 for joy 7442 on the height 4791 of Zion 6726, And they will be radiant 5102b over 413 the bounty 2898 of the LORD 3068— Over 5921 the grain 1715 and the new 8492 wine 8492 and the oil 3323, And over 5921 the young 1121 of the flock 6629 and the herd 1241; And their life 5315 will be like a watered 7302 garden 1588, And they will never 3808 5750 languish 1669 again 3254.

 31:13 “Then 227 the virgin 1330 will rejoice 8055 in the dance 4234, And the young 970 men 970 and the old 2205, together 3164a, For I will turn 2015 their mourning 60 into joy 8342 And will comfort 5162 them and give 8055 them joy 8055 for their sorrow 3015.

 31:14 “I will fill 7301 the soul 5315 of the priests 3548 with abundance 1880, And My people 5971a will be satisfied 7646 with My goodness 2898,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

 31:15 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, “A voice 6963 is heard 8085 in Ramah 7414, Lamentation 5092 [and] bitter 8563 weeping 1065. Rachel 7354 is weeping 1065 for her children 1121; She refuses 3985 to be comforted 5162 for her children 1121, Because 3588 they are no 369 more 369.”

 31:16 Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, “Restrain 4513 your voice 6963 from weeping 1065 And your eyes 5869 from tears 1832; For your work 6468 will be rewarded 7939,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “And they will return 7725 from the land 776 of the enemy 340.

 31:17 “There 3426 is hope 8615b for your future 319,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “And [your] children 1121 will return 7725 to their own territory 1366.

 31:18 “I have surely 8085 heard 8085 Ephraim 669 grieving 5110, ‘You have chastised 3256 me, and I was chastised 3256, Like an untrained 3808 3925 calf 5695; Bring 7725 me back 7725 that I may be restored 7725, For You are the LORD 3068 my God 430.

 31:19 ‘For after 310 I turned 7725 back 7725, I repented 5162; And after 310 I was instructed 3045, I smote 5606 on [my] thigh 3409; I was ashamed 954 and also 1571 humiliated 3637 Because 3588 I bore 5375 the reproach 2781 of my youth 5271.’

 31:20 “Is Ephraim 669 My dear 3357 son 1121? Is he a delightful 8191 child 3206? Indeed 3588, as often 1767 as I have spoken 1696 against him, I certainly 2142 [still] remember 2142 him; Therefore 5921 3651 My heart 4578 yearns 1993 for him; I will surely 7355 have 7355 mercy 7355 on him,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

 31:21 ¶ “Set 5324 up for yourself roadmarks 6725, Place 7760 for yourself guideposts 8564; Direct 7896 your mind 3820 to the highway 4546, The way 1870 by which you went 1980. Return 7725, O virgin 1330 of Israel 3478, Return 7725 to these 428 your cities 5892b.

 31:22 “How 4970 long 5704 4970 will you go 2559 here 2559 and there 2559, O faithless 7728 daughter 1323? For the LORD 3068 has created 1254a a new 2319 thing 2319 in the earth 776— A woman 5347 will encompass 5437 a man 1397.”

 31:23 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, “Once again 5750 they will speak 559 this 2088 word 1697 in the land 776 of Judah 3063 and in its cities 5892b when I restore 7725 their fortunes 7622, ‘The LORD 3068 bless 1288 you, O abode 5116a of righteousness 6664, O holy 6944 hill 2022!’

 31:24 “Judah 3063 and all 3605 its cities 5892b will dwell 3427 together 3164a in it, the farmer 406 and they who go 5265 about 5265 with flocks 5739.

 31:25 “For I satisfy 7301 the weary 5889 ones 5315 and refresh 4390 everyone 3605 who languishes 1669.”

 31:26 At this 384 I awoke 7019a and looked 7200, and my sleep 8142 was pleasant 6149 to me.

 31:27 ¶ “Behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “when I will sow 2232 the house 1004 of Israel 3478 and the house 1004 of Judah 3063 with the seed 2233 of man 120 and with the seed 2233 of beast 929.

 31:28 “As I have watched 8245 over 5921 them to pluck 5428 up, to break 5422 down 5422, to overthrow 2040, to destroy 6 and to bring 7489a disaster 7489a, so 3651 I will watch 8245 over 5921 them to build 1129 and to plant 5193,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

 31:29 “In those 1992a days 3117 they will not say 559 again 5750, ‘The fathers 1 have eaten 398 sour 1155 grapes 1155, And the children’s 1121 teeth 8127 are set 6949a on edge 6949a.’

 31:30 “But everyone 376 will die 4191 for his own iniquity 5771; each 3605 man 120 who eats 398 the sour 1155 grapes 1155, his teeth 8127 will be set 6949a on edge 6949a.

 31:31 ¶ “Behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “when I will make 3772 a new 2319 covenant 1285 with the house 1004 of Israel 3478 and with the house 1004 of Judah 3063,

 31:32 not like the covenant 1285 which 834 I made 3772 with their fathers 1 in the day 3117 I took 2388 them by the hand 3027 to bring 3318 them out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714, My covenant 1285 which 834 they broke 6565a, although I was a husband 1166 to them,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

 31:33 “But this 384 is the covenant 1285 which 834 I will make 3772 with the house 1004 of Israel 3478 after 310 those 1992a days 3117,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “I will put 5414 My law 8451 within 7130 them and on their heart 3820 I will write 3789 it; and I will be their God 430, and they shall be My people 5971a.

 31:34 “They will not teach 3925 again 5750, each 376 man 376 his neighbor 7453 and each 376 man 376 his brother 251, saying 559, ‘Know 3045 the LORD 3068,’ for they will all 3605 know 3045 Me, from the least 6996a of them to the greatest 1419 of them,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “for I will forgive 5545 their iniquity 5771, and their sin 2403b I will remember 2142 no 3808 more 5750.”

 31:35 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, Who gives 5414 the sun 8121 for light 216 by day 3119 And the fixed 2708 order 2708 of the moon 3394 and the stars 3556 for light 216 by night 3915, Who stirs 7280a up the sea 3220 so that its waves 1530 roar 1993; The LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 is His name 8034:

 31:36 “If 518 this 428 fixed 2706 order 2706 departs 4185 From before 4480 6440 Me,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “Then the offspring 2233 of Israel 3478 also 1571 will cease 7673a From being 1961 a nation 1471 before 6440 Me forever 3605 3117.”

 31:37 Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, “If 518 the heavens 8064 above 4480 4605 can be measured 4058 And the foundations 4144 of the earth 776 searched 2713 out below 4295, Then I will also 1571 cast 3988a off 3988a all 3605 the offspring 2233 of Israel 3478 For all 3605 that they have done 6213a,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

 31:38 ¶ “Behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “when the city 5892b will be rebuilt 1129 for the LORD 3068 from the Tower 4026 of Hananel 2606 to the Corner 6438 Gate 8179.

 31:39 “The measuring 4060a line 6957b will go 3318 out farther 5750 straight 5048 ahead 5048 to the hill 1389 Gareb 1619; then it will turn 5437 to Goah 1601.

 31:40 “And the whole 3605 valley 6010 of the dead 6297 bodies 6297 and of the ashes 1880, and all 3605 the fields 7709 as far 5704 as the brook 5158a Kidron 6939, to the corner 6438 of the Horse 5483b Gate 8179 toward the east 4217, shall be holy 6944 to the LORD 3068; it will not be plucked 5428 up or overthrown 2040 anymore 5750 forever 5769.”