"At that time," declares the LORD, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people." Thus says the LORD, "The people who survived the sword - Found grace in the wilderness-- Israel, when it went to find its rest." The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, "I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. "Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you will take up your tambourines, and go forth to the dances of the merrymakers. "Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; The planters will plant and will enjoy them. "For there will be a day when watchmen on the hills of Ephraim call out, 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion, To the LORD our God.'" Jeremiah 31:1-6
Listen to this message from the Lord, you nations of the world, and publish it abroad; The Lord who scattered His people will gather them back together again and watch over them as a Shepherd does His flock. He will save Israel from those who are too strong for them! They shall come home and sing songs of joy upon the hills of Zion, and shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord - the good crops, the wheat and the wine and the oil, and the healthy flocks and herds. Their life shall be like a watered garden, and all their sorrows shall be gone. The young girls will dance for joy, and men folk - old and young - will take their part in all the fun; for I will turn their mourning into joy and I will comfort them and make them rejoice, for their captivity with all its sorrow will be behind them. I will feast the priests with the abundance of offerings brought to them at the Temple; I will satisfy My people with My bounty, says the Lord. Jeremiah 31:10-14
The Lord Who gives us sunlight in the daytime and the moon and stars to light the night, and who stirs the sea to make the roaring waves - His Name is Lord of Hosts - says this; I am as likely to reject My people Israel as I am to do away with these laws of nature! Not until the heavens can be measured and the foundations of the earth explored, will I consider casting them away forever for their sins! For the time is coming, says the Lord, when all Jerusalem shall be rebuilt for the Lord, from the Tower of Hananel at the northeast corner, to the Corner Gate at the Northwest; and from the Hill of Gareb at the southwest, across the Goah on the southeast; And the entire city including the graveyard and the ash dump in the valley shall be holy to the Lord, and so shall all the fields out to the brook of Kidron, and from there to the Horse Gate on the east side of the city; it shall never again be captured or destroyed. Jeremiah 31:35-40
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