Jeremiah 31

The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy

1 z "At that time, declares the Lord, a I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people."

2 Thus says the Lord:
"The people who survived the sword
found grace in the wilderness;
b when Israel sought for rest,
 3 the Lord appeared to him 1 from far away.
c I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore d I have continued e my faithfulness to you.
 4 f Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
g Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
and shall go forth in h the dance of the merrymakers.
 5 i Again you shall plant vineyards
on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant
and shall enjoy the fruit.
 6 For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
in j the hill country of Ephraim:
k 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.'"

7 For thus says the Lord:
l "Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
and raise shouts for m the chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
n 'O Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.'
 8 Behold, I will bring them o from the north country
and p gather them from q the farthest parts of the earth,
among them r the blind and the lame,
the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
a great company, they shall return here.
 9 s With weeping they shall come,
t and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them u walk by brooks of water,
v in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for w I am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is x my firstborn.

10 "Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, 'He who scattered Israel will p gather him,
and will keep him y as a shepherd keeps his flock.'
 11 z For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
and has redeemed him from a hands too strong for him.
 12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
b and they shall be radiant c over the goodness of the Lord,
d over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
e their life shall be like a watered garden,
f and they shall languish no more.
 13 g Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
h I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
 14 i I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance,
and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness,
declares the Lord."

15 Thus says the Lord:
j "A voice is heard in k Ramah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
l Rachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
m because they are no more."

16 Thus says the Lord:
"Keep your voice from weeping,
and your eyes from tears,
for there is a reward for your work,
declares the Lord,
and n they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
 17 o There is hope for your future,
declares the Lord,
and your children shall come back to their own country.
 18 I have heard p Ephraim grieving,
'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
q bring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
 19 For after r I had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, s I struck my thigh;
t I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.'
 20 p Is Ephraim my dear son?
u Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
v Therefore my heart 2 yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.

21 w "Set up road markers for yourself;
make yourself guideposts;
x consider well the highway,
w the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
return to these your cities.
 22 y How long will you waver,
z O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
a woman encircles a man."

23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, a when I restore their fortunes:
b "'The Lord bless you, c O habitation of righteousness,
d O holy hill!'

24 e And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and e the farmers and those who wander with their flocks. 25 For I will f satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish."

26 At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

27 g "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when h I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with i the seed of man and the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass that j as I have watched over them k to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, j so I will watch over them l to build and to plant, declares the Lord.

29 In those days they shall no longer say:
m "'The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children's teeth are set on edge.'

30 n But everyone shall die for his own sin. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

The New Covenant

31 o "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make p a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when q I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, r though I was their husband, declares the Lord. 33 s But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: s I will put my law within them, and I will write it t on their hearts. u And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' v for they shall all know me, w from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For x I will forgive their iniquity, and y I will remember their sin no more."

35 Thus says the Lord,
who z gives the sun for light by day
and a the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar -
b the Lord of hosts is his name:
 36 c "If this fixed order departs
from before me, declares the Lord,
then shall the offspring of Israel cease
from being a nation before me forever."

37 Thus says the Lord:
"If the heavens above can be measured,
and the foundations of the earth below can be explored,
d then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel
for all that they have done,
declares the Lord."

38 e "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord f from the Tower of Hananel to g the Corner Gate. 39 h And the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah. 40 i The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the j brook Kidron, to the corner of k the Horse Gate toward the east, l shall be sacred to the Lord. m It shall not be uprooted or overthrown anymore forever."

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:24
    The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intentions of his mind. In the latter days you will understand this.
  2. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 6:18
    And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.
    Jeremiah 30:22
    And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:10
    Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the Lord, nor be dismayed, O Israel; for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid.
    Psalms 95:11
    Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest.
    Isaiah 63:14
    Like livestock that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. So you led your people, to make for yourself a glorious name.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:8
    But it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
    Deuteronomy 10:15
    Yet the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day.
    Malachi 1:2
    I have loved you," says the Lord. But you say, "How have you loved us?" "Is not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the Lord. "Yet I have loved Jacob
    Romans 11:28
    As regards the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 36:10
    Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
  6. Cross References
    Hosea 11:4
    I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:28
    And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the Lord.
    Jeremiah 33:7
    I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and rebuild them as they were at first.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 61:10
    I will greatly rejoice in the Lord ; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:13
    Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
    Exodus 15:20
    Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
    Judges 11:34
    Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah. And behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
    Judges 21:21
    And watch. If the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and snatch each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
    2 Samuel 6:14
    And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod.
  10. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:21
    They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
    Amos 9:14
    I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
  11. Cross References
    Joshua 24:33
    And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 2:3
    And many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
    Isaiah 27:13
    And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
  13. Cross References
    Isaiah 12:6
    Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
    Isaiah 65:18
    But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness.
  14. Cross References
    Amos 6:1
    Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes!
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 118:25
    Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success!
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:18
    In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:3
    Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:22
    Thus says the Lord : "Behold, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
  19. Cross References
    Isaiah 35:5 - 6
    Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:4
    In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, weeping as they come, and they shall seek the Lord their God.
    Ezra 3:13
    So that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people's weeping, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard far away.
    Ezra 10:1
    While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:21
    A voice on the bare heights is heard, the weeping and pleading of Israel's sons because they have perverted their way; they have forgotten the Lord their God.
    Zechariah 12:10
    And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
  22. Cross References
    Isaiah 35:6 - 7
    Then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
    Isaiah 49:10
    They shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them, for he who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs of water will guide them.
    Psalms 23:2
    He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
  23. Cross References
    Isaiah 35:8
    And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.
    Isaiah 43:19
    Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
    Isaiah 49:11
    And I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be raised up.
  24. Cross References
    Romans 8:15
    For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 4:22
    Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son.
    Psalms 89:27
    And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
  26. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:8
    Behold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together; a great company, they shall return here.
  27. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:11
    He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
  28. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:1
    But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
    Isaiah 44:23
    Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel.
    Isaiah 48:20
    Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it out to the end of the earth; say, "The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!
  29. Cross References
    Isaiah 49:24 - 25
    Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?
  30. Cross References
    Isaiah 2:2
    It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it.
    Micah 4:1
    It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it.
  31. Cross References
    Hosea 3:5
    Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.
  32. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 12:17
    You may not eat within your towns the tithe of your grain or of your wine or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, or any of your vow offerings that you vow, or your freewill offerings or the contribution that you present.
  33. Cross References
    Isaiah 58:11
    And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
  34. Cross References
    Isaiah 35:10
    And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
  35. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:4
    Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
  36. Cross References
    John 16:20
    Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
  37. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:25
    For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.
  38. Cross References
    Matthew 2:18
    "A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more."
  39. Cross References
    Joshua 18:25
    Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth.
  40. Cross References
    Genesis 35:19 - 20
    So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
    Genesis 48:7
    As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
    1 Samuel 10:2
    When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, 'The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"
  41. Cross References
    Jeremiah 10:20
    My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken; my children have gone from me, and they are not; there is no one to spread my tent again and to set up my curtains.
  42. Cross References
    Ezra 1:5
    Then rose up the heads of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem.
    Hosea 1:11
    And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
  43. Cross References
    Jeremiah 29:11
    For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
  44. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:9
    With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
  45. Cross References
    Psalms 80:3
    Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
    Lamentations 5:21
    Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old -
  46. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 30:2
    And return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul.
  47. Cross References
    Ezekiel 21:12
    Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh.
  48. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:25
    Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.
  49. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:18
    I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the Lord my God.
  50. Cross References
    Proverbs 8:30
    Then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always.
  51. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 5:4
    My beloved put his hand to the latch, and my heart was thrilled within me.
    Isaiah 16:11
    Therefore my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab, and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.
  52. Cross References
    Isaiah 57:14
    And it shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way.
    Isaiah 62:10
    Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; clear it of stones; lift up a signal over the peoples.
  53. Cross References
    Isaiah 57:14
    And it shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way.
    Isaiah 62:10
    Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; clear it of stones; lift up a signal over the peoples.
  54. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:4 - 5
    In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, weeping as they come, and they shall seek the Lord their God.
  55. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:18
    And now what do you gain by going to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? Or what do you gain by going to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
    Jeremiah 2:23
    How can you say, 'I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals'? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done - a restless young camel running here and there.
    Jeremiah 2:36
    How much you go about, changing your way! You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.
  56. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:4
    Why do you boast of your valleys, O faithless daughter, who trusted in her treasures, saying, 'Who will come against me?
  57. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:3
    For behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.
  58. Cross References
    Psalms 122:6 - 7
    Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! "May they be secure who love you!
  59. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:7
    All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the Lord, their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
    Isaiah 1:26
    And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.
  60. Cross References
    Zechariah 8:3
    Thus says the Lord : I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.
  61. Cross References
    Jeremiah 33:13
    In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.
  62. Cross References
    Jeremiah 33:13
    In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.
  63. Cross References
    Psalms 36:8
    They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
    Jeremiah 31:14
    I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, declares the Lord.
  64. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:25
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh -
  65. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:11
    And I will multiply on you man and beast, and they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
    Hosea 2:23
    And I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, 'You are my people'; and he shall say, 'You are my God.'
    Zechariah 10:9
    Though I scattered them among the nations, yet in far countries they shall remember me, and with their children they shall live and return.
  66. Cross References
    Psalms 22:30
    Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
    Isaiah 53:10
    Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
  67. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:27
    Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.
    Jeremiah 32:42
    For thus says the Lord : Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them.
  68. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:27
    Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.
    Jeremiah 32:42
    For thus says the Lord : Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them.
  69. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:40
    The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be sacred to the Lord. It shall not be uprooted or overthrown anymore forever.
    Jeremiah 1:10
    See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
  70. Cross References
    Jeremiah 24:6
    I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not uproot them.
  71. Cross References
    Ezekiel 18:2 - 3
    What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'?
    Lamentations 5:7
    Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
  72. Cross References
    Ezekiel 18:4
    Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.
  73. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:31 - 34
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
    Hebrews 8:8 - 12
    For he finds fault with them when he says: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
  74. Cross References
    Luke 22:20
    And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
    2 Corinthians 3:6
    Who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  75. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 1:31
    And in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.
  76. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:14
    Return, O faithless children, declares the Lord ; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
  77. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:40
    I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
    Ezekiel 37:26
    I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
    Hebrews 10:16
    "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,"
  78. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:40
    I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
    Ezekiel 37:26
    I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
    Hebrews 10:16
    "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,"
  79. Cross References
    Psalms 37:31
    The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.
    2 Corinthians 3:3
    And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
  80. Cross References
    Hosea 2:23
    And I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, 'You are my people'; and he shall say, 'You are my God.
    Zechariah 8:8
    And I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.
    Zechariah 13:9
    And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'
    Revelation 21:7
    The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
    Jeremiah 30:22
    And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
  81. Cross References
    Isaiah 54:13
    All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
  82. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:13
    For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
  83. Cross References
    Jeremiah 33:8
    I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their...
    Jeremiah 36:3
    It may be that the house of Judah will hear all...
    Jeremiah 50:20
    In those days and in that time, declares the Lo...
    Micah 7:18
    Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and p...
    Acts 10:43
    To him all the prophets bear witness that every...
    Romans 11:27
    "and this will be my covenant with them when I ...
    Hebrews 10:17
    Then he adds, "I will remember their sins and t...
  84. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:25
    I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
  85. Cross References
    Genesis 1:16
    And God made the two great lights - the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night - and the stars.
  86. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:36
    "If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the Lord, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever."
  87. Cross References
    Jeremiah 10:16
    Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.
  88. Cross References
    Psalms 148:6
    And he established them forever and ever; he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.
    Isaiah 54:9 - 10
    This is like the days of Noah to me: as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, and will not rebuke you.
    Jeremiah 31:36 - 37
    "If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the Lord, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever."
    Jeremiah 33:20 - 26
    Thus says the Lord : If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time.
  89. Cross References
    Romans 11:1
    I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
  90. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:27
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast.
    Jeremiah 31:31
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
  91. Cross References
    Nehemiah 3:1
    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
    Nehemiah 12:39
    And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Gate of Yeshanah, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard.
    Zechariah 14:10
    The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
  92. Cross References
    2 Kings 14:13
    And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for four hundred cubits, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
  93. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:3
    When he brought me there, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway.
    Zechariah 1:16
    Therefore, thus says the Lord, I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; my house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.
    Zechariah 2:1 - 2
    And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!
    Revelation 11:1
    Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there.
  94. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:31 - 32
    And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.
  95. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:23
    And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness.
  96. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 23:15
    So they laid hands on her, and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king's house, and they put her to death there.
  97. Cross References
    Isaiah 52:1
    Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
    Joel 3:17
    So you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall never again pass through it.
  98. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:28
    And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the Lord.
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