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Thus says Yahweh:

The people of the survivors of the sword found grace in the desert;[a]
    Israel going to find their rest.”
From afar Yahweh appeared to me, saying,
“I have loved you with an everlasting love.
    Therefore[b] I have drawn you with loyal love.
I will again build you,
    and you will be built, O virgin Israel.
You will again adorn yourself with your tambourines,
    and you will go forth in the dancing in a ring of the merrymakers.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:2 Or “wilderness”
  2. Jeremiah 31:3 Literally “Unto thus”

This is what the Lord says:

“The people who survive the sword
    will find favor(A) in the wilderness;
    I will come to give rest(B) to Israel.”

The Lord appeared to us in the past,[a] saying:

“I have loved(C) you with an everlasting love;
    I have drawn(D) you with unfailing kindness.
I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin(E) Israel, will be rebuilt.(F)
Again you will take up your timbrels(G)
    and go out to dance(H) with the joyful.(I)

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  1. Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar