¶ At the same¹ time, saith the LORD, will² I be the God of³ all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

Thus saith the LORD, The people⁴ which were left of the sword found⁵ grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when⁶ I went to cause him to rest.

The LORD hath appeared of old⁷ unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an⁸ everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn⁹ thee.

Again I will build¹⁰ thee, and thou shalt be built, O¹¹ virgin of Israel: thou shalt again¹² be adorned with thy tabrets¹³, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Thou shalt yet¹⁴ plant vines upon the mountains¹⁵ of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat¹⁶ them as common things.

For there shall be a day¹⁷, that the watchmen upon¹⁸ the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise¹⁹ ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.

For thus saith the LORD; Sing²⁰ with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O²¹ LORD, save thy people, the remnant²² of Israel.

Behold, I²³ will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts²⁴ of the earth, and with them the²⁵ blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

They shall come²⁶ with weeping, and with supplications²⁷ will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a²⁸ straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I²⁹ am a father to Israel, and Ephraim³⁰ is my firstborn.

¶ Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare³¹ it in the isles afar off, and say, He³² that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep³³ him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

For the LORD hath redeemed³⁴ Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger³⁵ than he.

Therefore³⁶ they shall come and sing in the height³⁷ of Zion, and shall³⁸ flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat³⁹, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their⁴⁰ soul shall be as a watered garden; and they⁴¹ shall not sorrow any more at all.

Then shall⁴² the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for⁴³ I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

And I will satiate⁴⁴ the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people⁴⁵ shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.

Thus saith the LORD; A⁴⁶ voice was heard in Ramah⁴⁷, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused⁴⁹ to be comforted for her children, because⁵⁰ they were not.

Thus saith the LORD; Refrain⁵¹ thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for⁵² thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they⁵³ shall come again from the land of the enemy.

⁵⁴And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

¶ I have surely⁵⁵ heard Ephraim⁵⁶ bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast⁵⁷ chastised me, and I was chastised, as a⁵⁸ bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn⁵⁹ thou me, and I shall be turned; for⁶⁰ thou art the LORD my God.

Surely after⁶¹ that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote⁶² upon my thigh: I was ashamed⁶³, yea, even confounded, because I did⁶⁴ bear the reproach of my youth.

¶ Is Ephraim⁶⁵ my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for⁶⁶ since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels⁶⁷ are troubled⁶⁸ for him; I will⁶⁹ surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.

Set thee⁷⁰ up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine⁷¹ heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn⁷² again, O⁷³ virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

How⁷⁴ long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding⁷⁵ daughter? for the LORD hath created⁷⁶ a new thing in the earth, A woman⁷⁷ shall compass a man.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As⁷⁸ yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD⁷⁹ bless thee, O⁸⁰ habitation of justice, and mountain⁸¹ of holiness.

⁸²And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.

⁸³For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

⁸⁴Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

¶ Behold, the days⁸⁵ come, saith the LORD, that I⁸⁶ will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

And it shall come to pass, that like⁸⁷ as I have watched over them, to pluck⁸⁸ up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so⁸⁹ will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

⁹⁰In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

¶⁹¹But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

Behold, the days⁹² come, saith the LORD, that I⁹³ will make a new covenant with⁹⁴ the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Not⁹⁵ according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the⁹⁶ day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which⁹⁷ my covenant they brake, although I was⁹⁸ an husband unto them, saith the LORD:

But this shall be the⁹⁹ covenant that I will¹⁰⁰ make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will¹⁰¹ be their God, and they shall be my people.

And they shall teach¹⁰² no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the¹⁰³ LORD: for they¹⁰⁴ shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I¹⁰⁵ will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

¶ Thus saith the LORD, which giveth¹⁰⁶ the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth¹⁰⁷ the sea when¹⁰⁸ the waves thereof roar; The LORD¹⁰⁹ of hosts is his name:

If those¹¹⁰ ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease¹¹¹ from being a nation before me for ever.

Thus saith the LORD; If¹¹² heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I¹¹³ will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

Behold, the days¹¹⁴ come, saith the LORD, that¹¹⁵ the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower¹¹⁶ of Hananeel unto the gate¹¹⁷ of the corner.

¹¹⁸And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.

¶ And the whole¹¹⁹ valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook¹²⁰ of Kidron, unto¹²² the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be¹²³ holy unto the LORD; it shall¹²⁴ not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.