Again I willbuildthee, and thoushalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thoushaltagain be adornedwith thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of themthatmakemerry.
For thussaith the LORD; Singwithgladness for Jacob, and shoutamong the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Behold, I willbringthemfrom the northcountry, and gatherthemfrom the coasts of the earth, and withthem the blind and the lame, the womanwithchild and her thattravailethwithchildtogether: a greatcompanyshallreturnthither.
Theyshallcomewithweeping, and withsupplicationswill I leadthem: I willcausethem to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, whereintheyshall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the islesafar off, and say, He thatscatteredIsraelwillgather him, and keep him, as a shepherddoth his flock.
Thereforetheyshallcome and sing in the height of Zion, and shallflowtogether to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and theirsoulshall be as a wateredgarden; and theyshall not sorrow any more at all.
Thenshall the virginrejoice in the dance, bothyoung men and old together: for I willturntheirmourninginto joy, and willcomfortthem, and makethemrejoicefromtheirsorrow.
Thussaith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitterweeping; Rahelweeping for her childrenrefused to be comforted for her children, becausetheywere not.
Thussaith the LORD; Refrain thy voicefromweeping, and thineeyesfromtears: for thy workshall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and theyshallcomeagainfrom the land of the enemy.
I havesurelyheardEphraimbemoaninghimselfthus; Thouhastchastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullockunaccustomed to the yoke: turnthou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
Surelyafterthat I was turned, I repented; and afterthat I was instructed, I smoteupon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, evenconfounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasantchild? for since I spakeagainst him, I do earnestlyremember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I willsurelyhavemercyupon him, saith the LORD.
Set thee up waymarks, maketheehighheaps: set thinehearttoward the highway, even the way whichthouwentest: turnagain, O virgin of Israel, turnagain to these thy cities.
Thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet theyshall use thisspeech in the land of Judah and in the citiesthereof, when I shallbringagaintheircaptivity; The LORDblessthee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
And it shallcome to pass, thatlike as I havewatchedoverthem, to pluck up, and to breakdown, and to throwdown, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watchoverthem, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
Not according to the covenantthat I madewiththeirfathers in the day that I tookthem by the hand to bringthem out of the land of Egypt; which my covenanttheybrake, although I was an husbanduntothem, saith the LORD:
But thisshall be the covenantthat I willmakewith the house of Israel; Afterthosedays, saith the LORD, I will put my law in theirinwardparts, and write it in theirhearts; and will be their God, and theyshall be my people.
And theyshallteach no moreevery man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for theyshall all know me, from the least of themunto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I willforgivetheiriniquity, and I willremembertheir sin no more.
Thussaith the LORD, whichgiveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, whichdivideth the sea when the wavesthereofroar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Thussaith the LORD; If heavenabove can be measured, and the foundations of the earthsearched out beneath, I willalsocast off all the seed of Israel for all thattheyhavedone, saith the LORD.
And the wholevalley of the deadbodies, and of the ashes, and all the fieldsunto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horsegatetoward the east, shall be holyunto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor throwndown any more for ever.