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Thus says the Lord:
    The people who survived the sword
    found favor in the wilderness.
When the people of Israel sought for rest,
    the Lord appeared to them from afar, saying,
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    therefore, I have continued to be merciful to you.
I will build you up again,
    and you will be rebuilt,
    O virgin Israel.
You will once again carry your tambourines
    and go forth to dance with the merry throng.

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This is what the Lord says:

“The people who survive the sword
    will find favor(A) in the wilderness;
    I will come to give rest(B) to Israel.”

The Lord appeared to us in the past,[a] saying:

“I have loved(C) you with an everlasting love;
    I have drawn(D) you with unfailing kindness.
I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin(E) Israel, will be rebuilt.(F)
Again you will take up your timbrels(G)
    and go out to dance(H) with the joyful.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar