Jeremiah 31:16-18

EasyEnglish Bible

‘Stop crying!
    Do not weep any more!
I will help you because of what you have done.
    Your children will return from the land of their enemies.’

¹⁷ ‘Yes, you will have descendants in the future.
Your children will return to their own land.’

¹⁸ ‘I have heard Israel's people when they are sad.
They say to me, “You punished us,
    and we accepted it.
You taught us to obey you,
    like a farmer teaches an ox to work for him.
So let us come back to serve you.
We are ready to return to you,
    because you are the Lord, our God.