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A nation from the north will attack Babylon [C Persia]
    and make it like an ·empty desert [desolation].
No one will live there;
    both people and animals will ·run away [flee].”

The Lord says, “At that time [L and in those days]
    the ·people [L sons] of Israel and Judah will come together.
    They will cry and ·look for [L seek] the Lord their God.
Those people will ask ·how to go [L the way/path] to ·Jerusalem [L Zion; C the location of the Temple]
    and will start in that direction.
They will come and join themselves to the Lord.
    They will make an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with him that will last forever,
an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] that will never be forgotten [31:31–34].

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A nation from the north(A) will attack her
    and lay waste her land.
No one will live(B) in it;
    both people and animals(C) will flee away.

“In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(D)
    will go in tears(E) to seek(F) the Lord their God.
They will ask the way(G) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(H) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant(I)
    that will not be forgotten.

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