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19 Thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter
    will come out of them.
I’ll cause them to increase in numbers and not decrease.
    I’ll honor them and not make them insignificant.
20 Their[a] children will be as they were before,
    and their congregation will be established before me.
I’ll punish all who oppress them.
21 Their leader will be one of their own,[b]
    and their ruler will come from among them.
I’ll bring him near, and he will approach me,
    for who would otherwise dare to approach me?’
        declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 30:20 Lit. his children and so through v. 21
  2. Jeremiah 30:21 Lit. of them