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20 (21) Set up road signs, erect guideposts,
pay attention to the highway,
the path on which you traveled.
Come back, virgin Isra’el,
come back to these cities of yours!
21 (22) How long will you hesitate,
you unruly daughter?
For Adonai has created something new on earth:
a woman with the strengths of a man.

22 (23) Here is what Adonai-Tzva’ot,
the God of Isra’el, says:
“This expression will be used again
in the land of Y’hudah and its cities
after I have returned their exiles:
‘May Adonai bless you,
home of justice, holy mountain!’

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20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,
    the child(A) in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
    I still remember(B) him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
    I have great compassion(C) for him,”
declares the Lord.

21 “Set up road signs;
    put up guideposts.(D)
Take note of the highway,(E)
    the road that you take.
Return,(F) Virgin(G) Israel,
    return to your towns.
22 How long will you wander,(H)
    unfaithful(I) Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing(J) on earth—
    the woman will return to[a](K) the man.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:22 Or will protect