Jeremiah 31 (NET)

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Jeremiah 31:1¹At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the Lord, affirm it!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 30:22 Isa 41:10 Jer 30:24 Zech 13:9 Gen 17:7-8 Jer 3:18 Rom 11:26-29 Ezek 11:20 Ezek 34:31 Ezek 36:28

Jeremiah 31:2²The Lord says: “The people of Israel who survived death at the hands of the enemy will find favor in the wilderness as they journey to find rest for themselves.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 10:33 Ps 95:11 Deut 1:33 Matt 11:28 Isa 63:7-14 Deut 1:30 Deut 12:9 Deut 2:7 Deut 8:16 Deut 8:2-3

Jeremiah 31:3³In a faraway land the Lord will manifest himself to them. He will say to them, ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love. That is why I have continued to be faithful to you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 103:17 Isa 54:8-9 Hos 11:4 Eph 2:4-5 Deut 33:3 1 John 4:19 Deut 7:7-9 2 Tim 1:9 Eph 1:3-5 Rom 8:30

Jeremiah 31:4⁴I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, so that you will once again be built up. Once again you will take up the tambourine and join in the happy throng of dancers.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 33:7 Jer 31:13 Amos 5:2 Acts 15:16 Jer 30:18-19 Rev 21:10-27 2 Kgs 19:21 Lam 2:13 Luke 15:23 Ps 149:3

Jeremiah 31:5⁵Once again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria. Those who plant them will once again enjoy their fruit.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Amos 9:14 Deut 28:30 Isa 65:21-22 Lev 19:23-25 Mic 4:4 1 Sam 21:5 Deut 20:6 Ezek 36:8 Isa 62:8-9 Obad 1:19

Jeremiah 31:6⁶Yes, a time is coming when watchmen will call out on the mountains of Ephraim, “Come! Let us go to Zion to worship the Lord our God!”’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 50:4-5 Isa 2:2-4 Isa 52:7-8 Jer 50:19 Mic 4:1-3 Zech 8:20-23 2 Chr 13:4 2 Chr 30:5-11 Acts 8:5-8 Ezek 3:17

Jeremiah 31:7⁷Moreover, the Lord says: “Sing for joy for the descendants of Jacob. Utter glad shouts for that foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard. Then say, ‘Lord, rescue your people. Deliver those of Israel who remain alive.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 28:9 Isa 37:31 Ps 14:7 Isa 42:10-12 Jer 23:3 Amos 5:15 Deut 28:13 Deut 32:43 Ezek 6:8 Hos 1:7

Jeremiah 31:8⁸Then I will reply, ‘I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 34:16 Isa 42:16 Jer 23:8 Mic 4:6 Ezek 34:13 Heb 12:12 Isa 40:11 Jer 3:18 1 Thess 5:14 Deut 30:4

Jeremiah 31:9⁹They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 5:4 Exod 4:22 Jer 3:4 Jer 31:20 Jer 50:4 Isa 35:6-8 Isa 63:13 Ps 23:2 Isa 40:3-4 Isa 57:14

Jeremiah 31:10¹⁰Listen to the Lord’ s message, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say, “The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 40:11 Ezek 34:12 Deut 30:4 Isa 66:19 John 11:52 Acts 20:28-29 Ezek 11:16 John 10:27 Mic 4:6 Zeph 3:19

Jeremiah 31:11¹¹For the Lord will rescue the descendants of Jacob. He will secure their release from those who had overpowered them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 44:23 Isa 48:20 Titus 2:14 Isa 49:24 Jer 15:21 Ps 142:6 Luke 11:21-22 Matt 12:29 Matt 20:28 Heb 2:14-15

Jeremiah 31:12¹²They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion. They will be radiant with joy over the good things the Lord provides, the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil, the young sheep, and the calves he has given to them. They will be like a well-watered garden and will not grow faint or weary any more.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 35:10 Isa 58:11 Joel 3:18 Ezek 17:23 Isa 60:20 Isa 65:19 Jer 33:9-11 John 16:22 Hos 3:5 Ps 130:4

Jeremiah 31:13¹³The Lord says, “At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 30:11 Isa 61:3 Isa 51:11 Isa 51:3 Esth 9:22 Isa 60:20 Jer 31:4 Ps 149:3 Isa 35:10 Isa 65:18-19

Jeremiah 31:14¹⁴I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 31:25 1 Pet 2:9 Jer 33:9 Matt 5:6 Ps 107:9 Rev 5:10 Rev 7:16-17 Song 5:1 2 Chr 6:41 Eph 1:3

Jeremiah 31:15¹⁵The Lord says: “A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 2:16-18 Ps 77:2 Jer 40:1 Gen 35:19 Gen 37:35 Isa 22:4 Jer 10:20 Gen 42:13 Gen 42:36 Lam 5:7

Jeremiah 31:16¹⁶The Lord says to her, “Stop crying! Do not shed any more tears. For your heartfelt repentance will be rewarded. Your children will return from the land of the enemy. I, the Lord, affirm it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ruth 2:12 Heb 6:10 Jer 30:3 Heb 11:6 Jer 33:7 2 Chr 15:7 Eccl 9:7 Jer 30:18 Isa 30:19 Mark 5:38-39

Jeremiah 31:17¹⁷Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. Your children will return to their own territory. I, the Lord, affirm it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lam 3:21 Hos 3:5 Hos 2:15 Jer 29:11-16 Lam 3:18 Lam 3:26 Rom 11:23-26 Ezek 37:25 Isa 11:11-16 Matt 24:22

Jeremiah 31:18¹⁸I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, ‘We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the Lord our God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 31:9 Ps 80:3 Isa 9:13 Jer 3:21-22 Job 5:17 Acts 3:26 Hos 5:15-6:2 Jer 17:14 Jer 50:4-5 Lam 3:27-30

Jeremiah 31:19¹⁹For after we turned away from you we repented. After we came to our senses we struck our thigh in sorrow. We are ashamed and humiliated because of the disgraceful things we did previously.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 36:31 Jer 3:25 Ezek 21:12 Luke 18:13 Deut 30:2 2 Cor 7:10-11 Eph 2:3-5 Ezra 9:6 Lev 26:41-42 Ps 25:7

Jeremiah 31:20²⁰Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them and will surely have compassion on them. I, the Lord, affirm it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 55:7 Mic 7:18-19 Isa 63:15 Judg 10:16 Lam 3:31-32 Ps 103:13 Hos 14:4 Luke 15:24 Hos 11:8-9 Isa 16:11

Jeremiah 31:21²¹I will say, ‘My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 50:5 Isa 62:10 Ezek 40:4 Hag 1:5 Isa 48:20 Isa 52:11-12 Isa 57:14 Jer 3:14 Jer 31:4 Jer 51:50

Jeremiah 31:22²²How long will you vacillate, you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? For I, the Lord, promise to bring about something new on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 49:4 Jer 7:24 Luke 1:34-35 Matt 1:21 Gen 3:15 Hos 11:7 Hos 4:16 Hos 8:5 Isa 7:14 Jer 2:18

Jeremiah 31:23²³The Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says, “I will restore the people of Judah to their land and to their towns. When I do, they will again say of Jerusalem, ‘May the Lord bless you, you holy mountain, the place where righteousness dwells.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 8:3 Isa 1:26 Jer 50:7 Isa 1:21 Isa 60:21 Jer 23:5-8 Jer 30:18 Mic 4:1 Obad 1:17 Ps 122:5-8

Jeremiah 31:24²⁴The land of Judah will be inhabited by people who live in its towns, as well as by farmers and shepherds with their flocks.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 8:4-8 Ezek 36:10 Jer 33:11-13 Zech 2:4

Jeremiah 31:25²⁵I will fully satisfy the needs of those who are weary and fully refresh the souls of those who are faint.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 5:6 Matt 11:28 John 4:14 Ps 107:9 Jer 31:14 Isa 50:4 Luke 1:53 2 Cor 7:6 Isa 32:2

Jeremiah 31:26²⁶Then they will say, ‘Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 127:2 Zech 4:1-2

Jeremiah 31:27²⁷“Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will cause people and animals to sprout up in the lands of Israel and Judah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 2:23 Ezek 36:11 Ezek 36:9 Zech 10:9 Jer 30:19

Jeremiah 31:28²⁸In the past I saw to it that they were uprooted and torn down, that they were destroyed and demolished and brought disaster. But now I will see to it that they are built up and firmly planted. I, the Lord, affirm it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 24:6 Jer 1:10 Jer 18:7-9 Jer 44:27 Jer 45:4 Acts 15:16 Dan 9:14 Eccl 3:2-3 Jer 32:41 Amos 9:11

Jeremiah 31:29²⁹“When that time comes, people will no longer say, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children’s teeth have grown numb.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 18:2-3 Lam 5:7 Jer 31:30

Jeremiah 31:30³⁰Rather, each person will die for his own sins. The teeth of the person who eats the sour grapes will themselves grow numb.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 18:20 Isa 3:11 Deut 24:16 Gal 6:5 Ezek 18:4 Ezek 3:18-19 Ezek 33:18 Ezek 33:13 Ezek 33:8 Gal 6:7-8

Jeremiah 31:31³¹“Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 10:16-17 Ezek 37:26 Jer 31:31-34 Jer 32:40 2 Cor 3:6 Luke 22:20 Heb 12:24 1 Cor 11:25 Jer 33:14-16 Mark 14:24

Jeremiah 31:32³²It will not be like the old covenant that I made with their ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them,” says the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 24:6-8 Deut 1:31 Deut 5:3 Exod 19:5 John 3:29 Ezek 16:59-62 Ezek 16:8 Hos 3:1 Jer 11:7-10 Jer 3:14

Jeremiah 31:33³³“But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the Lord. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 3:3 Heb 10:16 Heb 8:10 Ezek 11:19-20 Jer 24:7 Jer 32:40 Ezek 36:25-27 Ps 40:8 Ezek 37:27 Deut 30:6

Jeremiah 31:34³⁴“People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” says the Lord. “For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 43:25 Heb 8:12 1 John 2:27 Isa 54:13 Jer 33:8 Heb 10:17-18 Jer 50:20 John 17:3 John 6:45 Rom 11:26-27

Jeremiah 31:35³⁵The Lord has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 51:15 Jer 10:16 Ps 136:7-9 Gen 1:14-18 Jer 50:34 Deut 4:19 Isa 54:5 Matt 5:45 Matt 8:25-26 Exod 14:21-22

Jeremiah 31:36³⁶The Lord affirms, “The descendants of Israel will not cease forever to be a nation in my sight. That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights were to cease to operate before me.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 54:9-10 Jer 33:20-26 Ps 89:36-37 Ps 148:6 Amos 9:8-9 Deut 32:26 Jer 46:28 Ps 102:28 Ps 119:89 Ps 72:17

Jeremiah 31:37³⁷The Lord says, “I will not reject all the descendants of Israel because of all that they have done. That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored,” says the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 33:24-26 Isa 40:12 Jer 33:22 Rom 11:1-5 Rom 11:26-29 Jer 46:28 Job 11:7-9 Prov 30:4 Ps 89:2 Jer 30:11

Jeremiah 31:38³⁸“Indeed a time is coming,” says the Lord, “when the city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt as my special city. It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 14:10 2 Kgs 14:13 Jer 30:18 2 Chr 26:9 Jer 31:27 Dan 9:25 Ezek 48:30-35 Isa 44:28 Jer 23:5 Neh 12:30-40

Jeremiah 31:39³⁹The boundary line will extend beyond that, straight west from there to the Hill of Gareb and then turn southward to Goah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 2:1-2 Ezek 40:8

Jeremiah 31:40⁴⁰The whole valley where dead bodies and sacrificial ashes are thrown, and all the terraced fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far north as the corner of the Horse Gate, will be included within this city that is sacred to the Lord. The city will never again be torn down or destroyed.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 15:23 Joel 3:17 2 Chr 23:15 2 Kgs 11:16 John 18:1 2 Kgs 23:12 2 Kgs 23:6 Neh 3:28 Zech 14:20 Ezek 37:2