Jeremiah 31:21-26

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Repentance and Restoration

²¹Set up road markers^(A) for yourself;
establish signposts!
Keep the highway in mind,
the way you have traveled.
Return, Virgin Israel!
Return to these cities of yours.
²²How long will you turn here and there,
faithless daughter?^(B)
For the Lord creates something new in the land^[a]—
a female^[b] will shelter^[c] a man.

²³This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore their fortunes,^[d] they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the Lord bless you, righteous settlement,^(C) holy mountain.’^(D) ²⁴Judah and all its cities will live in it together—also farmers and those who move^[e] with the flocks— ²⁵for I satisfy the thirsty person and feed all those who are weak.”^(E)

²⁶At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

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Footnotes

31:22 Or new on earth
31:22 Or woman
31:22 Or female surrounds, or female courts; Hb obscure
31:23 Or I end their captivity
31:24 Tg, Vg, Aq, Sym; MT reads and they will move

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