Jeremiah 31:3-14

New International Version

³The Lord appeared to us in the past,^[a] saying:

“I have loved^(A) you with an everlasting love;
    I have drawn^(B) you with unfailing kindness.
⁴I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin^(C) Israel, will be rebuilt.^(D)
Again you will take up your timbrels^(E)
    and go out to dance^(F) with the joyful.^(G)
⁵Again you will plant^(H) vineyards
    on the hills of Samaria;^(I)
the farmers will plant them
    and enjoy their fruit.^(J)
⁶There will be a day when watchmen^(K) cry out
    on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”^(L)

⁷This is what the Lord says:

“Sing^(M) with joy for Jacob;
    shout for the foremost^(N) of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
    ‘Lord, save^(O) your people,
    the remnant^(P) of Israel.’
⁸See, I will bring them from the land of the north^(Q)
    and gather^(R) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind^(S) and the lame,^(T)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.
⁹They will come with weeping;^(U)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead^(V) them beside streams of water^(W)
    on a level^(X) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,^(Y)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

¹⁰“Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
    proclaim it in distant coastlands:^(Z)
‘He who scattered^(AA) Israel will gather^(AB) them
    and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’^(AC)
¹¹For the Lord will deliver Jacob
    and redeem^(AD) them from the hand of those stronger^(AE) than they.
¹²They will come and shout for joy^(AF) on the heights^(AG) of Zion;
    they will rejoice in the bounty^(AH) of the Lord—
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,^(AI)
    the young of the flocks^(AJ) and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,^(AK)
    and they will sorrow^(AL) no more.
¹³Then young women will dance and be glad,
    young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning^(AM) into gladness;
    I will give them comfort^(AN) and joy^(AO) instead of sorrow.
¹⁴I will satisfy^(AP) the priests^(AQ) with abundance,
    and my people will be filled with my bounty,^(AR)”
declares the Lord.