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At the same time[H6256], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], will I be the God[H430] of all the families[H4940] of Israel[H3478], and they shall be my people[H5971].
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], The people[H5971] which were left[H8300] of the sword[H2719]found[H4672]grace[H2580] in the wilderness[H4057]; even Israel[H3478], when I went[H1980] to cause him to rest[H7280].
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The LORD[H3068] hath appeared[H7200] of old[H7350] unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved[H157] thee with an everlasting[H5769]love[H160]: therefore with lovingkindness[H2617] have I drawn[H4900] thee.
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Again I will build[H1129] thee, and thou shalt be built[H1129], O virgin[H1330] of Israel[H3478]: thou shalt again be adorned[H5710] with thy tabrets[H8596], and shalt go forth[H3318] in the dances[H4234] of them that make merry[H7832].
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Thou shalt yet plant[H5193]vines[H3754] upon the mountains[H2022] of Samaria[H8111]: the planters[H5193] shall plant[H5193], and shall eat them as common things[H2490].
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For there shall be[H3426] a day[H3117], that the watchmen[H5341] upon the mount[H2022]Ephraim[H669] shall cry[H7121], Arise[H6965] ye, and let us go up[H5927] to Zion[H6726] unto the LORD[H3068] our God[H430].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Sing[H7442] with gladness[H8057] for Jacob[H3290], and shout[H6670] among the chief[H7218] of the nations[H1471]: publish[H8085] ye, praise[H1984] ye, and say[H559], O LORD[H3068], save[H3467] thy people[H5971], the remnant[H7611] of Israel[H3478].
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Behold, I will bring[H935] them from the north[H6828]country[H776], and gather[H6908] them from the coasts[H3411] of the earth[H776], and with them the blind[H5787] and the lame[H6455], the woman with child[H2030] and her that travaileth with child[H3205]together[H3162]: a great[H1419]company[H6951] shall return[H7725] thither.
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They shall come[H935] with weeping[H1065], and with supplications[H8469] will I lead[H2986] them: I will cause them to walk[H3212] by the rivers[H5158] of waters[H4325] in a straight[H3477]way[H1870], wherein they shall not stumble[H3782]: for I am a father[H1] to Israel[H3478], and Ephraim[H669] is my firstborn[H1060].
10Hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], O ye nations[H1471], and declare[H5046] it in the isles[H339] afar off[H4801], and say[H559], He that scattered[H2219]Israel[H3478] will gather[H6908] him, and keep[H8104] him, as a shepherd[H7462] doth his flock[H5739].
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For the LORD[H3068] hath redeemed[H6299]Jacob[H3290], and ransomed[H1350] him from the hand[H3027] of him that was stronger[H2389] than he.
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Therefore they shall come[H935] and sing[H7442] in the height[H4791] of Zion[H6726], and shall flow together[H5102] to the goodness[H2898] of the LORD[H3068], for wheat[H1715], and for wine[H8492], and for oil[H3323], and for the young[H1121] of the flock[H6629] and of the herd[H1241]: and their soul[H5315] shall be as a watered[H7302]garden[H1588]; and they shall not sorrow[H1669] any more[H3254] at all.
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Then shall the virgin[H1330]rejoice[H8055] in the dance[H4234], both young men[H970] and old[H2205]together[H3162]: for I will turn[H2015] their mourning[H60] into joy[H8342], and will comfort[H5162] them, and make them rejoice[H8055] from their sorrow[H3015].
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And I will satiate[H7301] the soul[H5315] of the priests[H3548] with fatness[H1880], and my people[H5971] shall be satisfied[H7646] with my goodness[H2898], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; A voice[H6963] was heard[H8085] in Ramah[H7414], lamentation[H5092], and bitter[H8563]weeping[H1065]; Rahel[H7354]weeping[H1058] for her children[H1121]refused[H3985] to be comforted[H5162] for her children[H1121], because they were not.
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Refrain[H4513] thy voice[H6963] from weeping[H1065], and thine eyes[H5869] from tears[H1832]: for thy work[H6468] shall be[H3426]rewarded[H7939], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; and they shall come again[H7725] from the land[H776] of the enemy[H341].
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And there is[H3426]hope[H8615] in thine end[H319], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that thy children[H1121] shall come again[H7725] to their own border[H1366].
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I have surely[H8085]heard[H8085]Ephraim[H669]bemoaning[H5110] himself thus; Thou hast chastised[H3256] me, and I was chastised[H3256], as a bullock[H5695]unaccustomed[H3808] to the yoke: turn[H7725] thou me, and I shall be turned[H7725]; for thou art the LORD[H3068] my God[H430].
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Surely after[H310] that I was turned[H7725], I repented[H5162]; and after[H310] that I was instructed[H3045], I smote[H5606] upon my thigh[H3409]: I was ashamed[H954], yea, even confounded[H3637], because I did bear[H5375] the reproach[H2781] of my youth[H5271].
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Is Ephraim[H669] my dear[H3357]son?[H1121] is he a pleasant[H8191]child?[H3206] for since[H1767] I spake[H1696] against him, I do earnestly[H2142]remember[H2142] him still: therefore my bowels[H4578] are troubled[H1993] for him; I will surely[H7355] have mercy[H7355] upon him, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
21Set[H7896] thee up[H5324]waymarks[H6725], make[H7760] thee high heaps[H8564]: set[H7896] thine heart[H3820] toward the highway[H4546], even the way[H1870] which thou wentest[H1980]: turn again[H7725], O virgin[H1330] of Israel[H3478], turn again[H7725] to these thy cities[H5892].
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How long wilt thou go about[H2559], O thou backsliding[H7728]daughter?[H1323] for the LORD[H3068] hath created[H1254] a new thing[H2319] in the earth[H776], A woman[H5347] shall compass[H5437] a man[H1397].
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; As yet they shall use[H559] this speech[H1697] in the land[H776] of Judah[H3063] and in the cities[H5892] thereof, when I shall bring again[H7725] their captivity[H7622]; The LORD[H3068]bless[H1288] thee, O habitation[H5116] of justice[H6664], and mountain[H2022] of holiness[H6944].
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And there shall dwell[H3427] in Judah[H3063] itself, and in all the cities[H5892] thereof together[H3162], husbandmen[H406], and they that go forth[H5265] with flocks[H5739].
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For I have satiated[H7301] the weary[H5889]soul[H5315], and I have replenished[H4390] every sorrowful[H1669]soul[H5315].
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Upon this I awaked[H6974], and beheld[H7200]; and my sleep[H8142] was sweet[H6149] unto me.
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Behold, the days[H3117]come[H935], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that I will sow[H2232] the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] and the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] with the seed[H2233] of man[H120], and with the seed[H2233] of beast[H929].
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And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over[H8245] them, to pluck up[H5428], and to break down[H5422], and to throw down[H2040], and to destroy[H6], and to afflict[H7489]; so will I watch over[H8245] them, to build[H1129], and to plant[H5193], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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In those days[H3117] they shall say[H559] no more, The fathers[H1] have eaten[H398] a sour grape[H1155], and the children's teeth[H8127] are set on edge[H6949].
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But every one[H376] shall die[H4191] for his own iniquity[H5771]: every man[H120] that eateth[H398] the sour grape[H1155], his teeth[H8127] shall be set on edge[H6949].
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Behold, the days[H3117]come[H935], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that I will make[H3772] a new[H2319]covenant[H1285] with the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], and with the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063]:
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Not according to the covenant[H1285] that I made[H3772] with their fathers[H1] in the day[H3117] that I took[H2388] them by the hand[H3027] to bring them out[H3318] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]; which my covenant[H1285] they brake[H6565], although I was an husband[H1166] unto them, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]:
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But this shall be the covenant[H1285] that I will make[H3772] with the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]; After[H310] those days[H3117], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], I will put[H5414] my law[H8451] in their inward parts[H7130], and write[H3789] it in their hearts[H3820]; and will be their God[H430], and they shall be my people[H5971].
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And they shall teach[H3925] no more every man[H376] his neighbour[H7453], and every man[H376] his brother[H251], saying[H559], Know[H3045] the LORD[H3068]: for they shall all know[H3045] me, from the least[H6996] of them unto the greatest[H1419] of them, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]: for I will forgive[H5545] their iniquity[H5771], and I will remember[H2142] their sin[H2403] no more.
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], which giveth[H5414] the sun[H8121] for a light[H216] by day[H3119], and the ordinances[H2708] of the moon[H3394] and of the stars[H3556] for a light[H216] by night[H3915], which divideth[H7280] the sea[H3220] when the waves[H1530] thereof roar[H1993]; The LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] is his name[H8034]:
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If those ordinances[H2706]depart[H4185] from before[H6440] me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], then the seed[H2233] of Israel[H3478] also shall cease[H7673] from being a nation[H1471]before[H6440] me for ever[H3117].
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; If heaven[H8064]above[H4605] can be measured[H4058], and the foundations[H4146] of the earth[H776] searched out[H2713]beneath[H4295], I will also cast off[H3988] all the seed[H2233] of Israel[H3478] for all that they have done[H6213], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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Behold, the days[H3117]come[H935], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that the city[H5892] shall be built[H1129] to the LORD[H3068] from the tower[H4026] of Hananeel[H2606] unto the gate[H8179] of the corner[H6438].
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And the measuring[H4060]line[H6957] shall yet go forth[H3318] over against it upon the hill[H1389]Gareb[H1619], and shall compass about[H5437] to Goath[H1601].
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And the whole valley[H6010] of the dead bodies[H6297], and of the ashes[H1880], and all the fields[H7709] unto the brook[H5158] of Kidron[H6939], unto the corner[H6438] of the horse[H5483]gate[H8179] toward the east[H4217], shall be holy[H6944] unto the LORD[H3068]; it shall not be plucked up[H5428], nor thrown down[H2040] any more for ever[H5769].