Jeremiah 31:16-18

New International Reader's Version

“Do not weep anymore.
    Do not let tears fall from your eyes.
I will reward you for your work,”
    announces the Lord.
    “Your children will return from the land of the enemy.
¹⁷ So there is hope for your children,”
    announces the Lord.
    “Your children will return to their own land.

¹⁸ “I have heard the groans of Ephraim’s people. They say,
    ‘You corrected us like a calf you were training.
    And we have been trained.
Bring us back to you, and we will come back.
    You are the Lord our God.