Verse 17
Jeremiah 31:17
Bible in Basic English
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And there is hope for the future, says the Lord; and your children will come back to the land which is theirs.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/יֵשׁ תִּקְוָ֥ה לְ/אַחֲרִיתֵ֖/ךְ נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וְ/שָׁ֥בוּ בָנִ֖ים לִ/גְבוּלָֽ/ם
English Translation
And there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and the children will return to their border.
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Chapter 31 Context
1
At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God (Elohim) of all the families of Israel, and they will...
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2
The Lord has said, Grace came in the waste land to a people kept safe from the sword, even to Israel...
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3
From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you com...
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4
I will again make new your buildings, O virgin of Israel, and you will take up your place: again you...
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5
Again will your vine-gardens be planted on the hill of Samaria: the planters will be planting and us...
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6
For there will be a day when those who get in the grapes on the hills of Ephraim will be crying, Up!...
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7
For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give t...
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8
See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and w...
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9
They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of...
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10
Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and...
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11
For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger t...
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12
So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to...
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13
Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will h...
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14
I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good...
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15
So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping...
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16
The Lord has said this: Keep your voice from sorrow and your eyes from weeping: for your work will b...
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17
And there is hope for the future, says the Lord; and your children will come back to the land which...
18
Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have under...
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19
Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made sign...
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20
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I stil...
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21
Put up guiding pillars, make road signs for yourself: give attention to the highway, even the way in...
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22
How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new...
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23
So the Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the l...
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24
And Judah and all its towns will be living there together; the farmers and those who go about with f...
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25
For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.
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26
At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
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27
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will have Israel and Judah planted with the seed of...
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28
And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smas...
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29
In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children'...
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30
But everyone will be put to death for the evil which he himself has done: whoever has taken bitter g...
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31
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel...
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32
Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to b...
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33
But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lor...
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34
And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get k...
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35
These are the words of the Lord, who has given the sun for a light by day, ordering the moon and sta...
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36
If the order of these things before me is ever broken, says the Lord, then will the seed of Israel c...
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37
This is what the Lord has said: If the heavens on high may be measured, and the bases of the earth s...
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38
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, for the building of the Lord's town, from the tower of Hana...
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39
And the measuring-line will go out in front of it as far as the hill Gareb, going round to Goah.
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40
And all the valley of the dead bodies, and all the field of death as far as the stream Kidron, up to...
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