Jeremiah 31:7-9

Contemporary English Version

Israel Will Return to Its Own Land

⁷The Lord says:

Celebrate and sing for Israel,
    the greatest of nations.
Offer praises and shout,
    “Come and rescue
    your people, Lord!
Save what's left of Israel.”

⁸I, the Lord, will bring
my people back from Babylonia^[a]
    and everywhere else on earth.
The blind and the lame
    will be there.
Expectant mothers
    and women about to give birth
will come and be part
    of that great crowd.
⁹They will weep and pray
    as I bring them home.
I will lead them
    to streams of water.
They will walk on a level^[b] road
    and not stumble.
I am a father to Israel,^[c]
    my favorite children.

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Footnotes

31.8 Babylonia: The Hebrew text has “that country in the north,” referring to Babylonia.
31.9 level: Or “straight.”
31.9 Israel: The Hebrew text also has “Ephraim,” the leading tribe of the northern kingdom of Israel, which sometimes stands for the whole northern kingdom.