Jeremiah 31

ba'et hahi ne'um-Adonai ehyeh lelohim lekhol mishpekhot yisra'el vehemmah yihyu-li le'am

At that time—declares GOD—I will be God to all the clans of Israel, and they shall be My people.

koh amar Adonai matsa khen bammidbar am seride kharev halokh lehargi'o yisra'el

Thus said GOD: The people escaped from the sword, Found favor in the wilderness; When Israel was marching homeward

merakhoq Adonai nirah li ve'ahavat olam ahavtikh al-ken meshakhtikh khased

GOD was revealed long ago. Eternal love I conceived for you then; Therefore I continue My grace to you.

od evnekh venivnet betulat yisra'el od tadi tuppayikh veyatsat bimkhol mesakhaqim

I will build you firmly again, O Maiden Israel! Again you shall take up your hand-drums And go forth to the rhythm of the dancers.

od titte'i kheramim behare shomeron nate'u note'im vekhillelu

Again you shall plant vineyards On the hills of Samaria; You shall plant and live to enjoy the fruit.

ki yesh-yom qare'u notserim behar efrayim qumu vena'aleh tsiyyon el-Adonai elohenu

For the day is coming when watchmen Shall proclaim on the heights of Ephraim: Come, let us go up to Zion, To the ETERNAL our God!

ki-khoh amar Adonai ronnu leya'aqov simkhah vetsahalu berosh haggoyim hashmi'u halelu ve'imru hosha Adonai et-ammekha et she'erit yisra'el

For thus said GOD: Cry out in joy for Jacob, Shout at the crossroads of the nations! Sing aloud in praise, and say: Save, O ETERNAL One, Your people, The remnant of Israel.

hinni mevi otam me'erets tsafon veqibbatstim miyyarkete-arets bam ivver ufisseakh harah veyoledet yakhdav qahal gadol yashuvu hennah

I will bring them in from the northland, Gather them from the ends of the earth— The blind and the lame among them, Those with child and those in labor— In a vast throng they shall return here.

bivkhi yavo'u uvetakhanunim ovilem olikhem el-nakhale mayim bederekh yashar lo yikkashelu bah ki-hayiti leyisra'el le'av ve'efrayim bekhori hu

They shall come with weeping, And with compassion will I guide them. I will lead them to streams of water, By a level road where they will not stumble. For I am ever a Father to Israel, Ephraim is My first-born.

shimu devar-Adonai goyim vehaggidu va'iyyim mimmerkhaq ve'imru mezareh yisra'el yeqabbetsennu ushemaro kero'eh edro

Hear the word of GOD, O nations, And tell it in the isles afar. Say: The One who scattered Israel will gather them, And will guard them as a shepherd his flock.

ki-fadah Adonai et-ya'aqov uge'alo miyyad khazaq mimmennu

For GOD will ransom Jacob, Redeem him from one too strong for him.

uva'u verinnenu vimrom-tsiyyon venaharu el-tuv Adonai al-dagan ve'al-tirosh ve'al-yitshar ve'al-bene-tson uvaqar vehayetah nafsham kegan raveh velo-yosifu leda'avah od

They shall come and shout on the heights of Zion, Radiant over GOD’s bounty— Over new grain and wine and oil, And over sheep and cattle. They shall fare like a watered garden, They shall never languish again.

az tismakh betulah bemakhol uvakhurim uzeqenim yakhdav vehafakhti evlam lesason venikhamtim vesimmakhtim migonam

Then shall maidens dance gaily, Young men and old alike. I will turn their mourning to joy, I will comfort them and cheer them in their grief.

verivveti nefesh hakkohanim dashen ve'ammi et-tuvi yisba'u ne'um-Adonai

I will give the priests their fill of fatness, And My people shall enjoy My full bounty —declares GOD.

koh amar Adonai qol beramah nishma nehi bekhi tamrurim rakhel mevakkah al-baneha me'anah lehinnakhem al-baneha ki enennu

Thus said GOD: A cry is heard in Ramah— Wailing, bitter weeping— Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted For her children, who are gone.

koh amar Adonai mini qolekh mibbekhi ve'enayikh middimah ki yesh sakhar lifullatekh ne'um-Adonai veshavu me'erets oyev

Thus said GOD: Restrain your voice from weeping, Your eyes from shedding tears; For there is a reward for your labor —declares GOD: They shall return from the enemy’s land.

veyesh-tiqvah le'akharitekh ne'um-Adonai veshavu vanim ligvulam

And there is hope for your future —declares GOD: Your children shall return to their country.

shamoa shamati efrayim mitnoded yissartani va'ivvaser ke'egel lo lummad hashiveni ve'ashuvah ki attah Adonai elohay

I can hear Ephraim lamenting: “You have chastised me, and I am chastised Like a calf that has not been broken. Receive me back, let me return, For You, O ETERNAL One, are my God.

ki-akhare shuvi nikhamti ve'akhare hivvade'i safaqti al-yarekh bosheti vegam-nikhlamti ki nasati kherpat ne'uray

Now that I have turned back, I am filled with remorse; Now that I am made aware, I strike my thigh. I am ashamed and humiliated, For I bear the disgrace of my youth.”

haven yaqqir li efrayim im yeled sha'ashu'im ki-midde dabberi bo zakhor ezkerennu od al-ken hamu me'ay lo rakhem arakhamennu ne'um-Adonai

Truly, Ephraim is a dear son to Me, A child that is dandled! Whenever I have turned against him, My thoughts would dwell on him still. That is why My heart yearns for him; I will receive him back in love —declares GOD.

hatsivi lakh tsiyyunim simi lakh tamrurim shiti libbekh lamsillah derekh (hlkhty) [halakht] shuvi betulat yisra'el shuvi el-arayikh elleh

Erect markers, Set up signposts; Keep in mind the highway, The road that you traveled. Return, Maiden Israel! Return to these towns of yours!

ad-matay titkhammaqin habbat hashovevah ki-vara Adonai khadashah ba'arets neqevah tesovev gaver

How long will you waver, O rebellious daughter? (For GOD has created something new on earth: A woman courts a man.)

koh-amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el od yomeru et-haddavar hazzeh be'erets yehudah uve'arayw beshuvi et-shevutam yevarekhkha Adonai neveh-tsedeq har haqqodesh

Thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: They shall again say this in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I restore their fortunes: “ GOD bless you, Abode of righteousness, O holy mountain!”

veyashevu vah yehudah vekhol-arayw yakhdav ikkarim venase'u ba'eder

Judah and all its towns alike shall be inhabited by the farmers and such as move about with the flocks.

ki hirveti nefesh ayefah vekhol-nefesh da'avah milleti

For I will give the thirsty abundant drink, and satisfy all who languish.

al-zot heqitsoti va'ereh ushenati arevah li

At this I awoke and looked about, and my sleep had been pleasant to me.

hinneh yamim ba'im ne'um-Adonai vezarati et-bet yisra'el ve'et-bet yehudah zera adam vezera behemah

See, a time is coming—declares GOD—when I will sow the House of Israel and the House of Judah with seed of people and seed of cattle;

vehayah ka'asher shaqadti alehem lintosh velintots velaharos uleha'avid uleharea ken eshqod alehem livnot velintoa ne'um-Adonai

and just as I was watchful over them to uproot and to pull down, to overthrow and to destroy and to bring disaster, so I will be watchful over them to build and to plant—declares GOD.

bayyamim hahem lo-yomeru od avot okhlu voser veshinne vanim tiqhenah

In those days, they shall no longer say, “Parents have eaten sour grapes and children’s teeth are blunted.”

ki im-ish ba'avono yamut kol-ha'adam ha'okhel habboser tiqhenah shinnayw

But every one shall die for their own sins: whosoever eats sour grapes, their teeth shall be blunted.

hinneh yamim ba'im ne'um-Adonai vekharatti et-bet yisra'el ve'et-bet yehudah berit khadashah

See, a time is coming—declares GOD—when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel and the House of Judah.

lo khabberit asher karatti et-avotam beyom hekheziqi veyadam lehotsi'am me'erets mitsrayim asher-hemmah heferu et-beriti ve'anokhi ba'alti vam ne'um-Adonai

It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors, when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, a covenant that they broke, though I espoused them—declares GOD.

ki zot habberit asher ekhrot et-bet yisra'el akhare hayyamim hahem ne'um-Adonai natatti et-torati beqirbam ve'al-libbam ekhtevennah vehayiti lahem lelohim vehemmah yihyu-li le'am

But such is the covenant I will make with the House of Israel after these days—declares GOD: I will put My Teaching into their inmost being and inscribe it upon their hearts. Then I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

velo yelammedu od ish et-re'ehu ve'ish et-akhiv lemor de'u et-Adonai ki-khullam yede'u oti lemiqqetannam ve'ad-gedolam ne'um-Adonai ki eslakh la'avonam ulekhattatam lo ezkar-od

No longer will they need to teach one another and say to one another, “Heed GOD”; for all of them, from the least of them to the greatest, shall heed Me—declares GOD. For I will forgive their iniquities, And remember their sins no more.

koh amar Adonai noten shemesh le'or yomam khuqqot yareakh vekhokhavim le'or layelah roga hayyam vayyehemu gallayw Adonai tseva'ot shemo

Thus said GOD, Who established the sun for light by day, The laws of moon and stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea into roaring waves, Whose name is GOD of Hosts:

im-yamushu hakhuqqim ha'elleh millefanay ne'um-Adonai gam zera yisra'el yishbetu mihyot goy lefanay kol-hayyamim

If these laws should ever be annulled by Me —declares GOD— Only then would the offspring of Israel cease To be a nation before Me for all time.

koh amar Adonai im-yimmaddu shamayim milmalah veyekhaqeru mosede-erets lemattah gam-ani emas bekhol-zera yisra'el al-kol-asher asu ne'um-Adonai

Thus said GOD: If the heavens above could be measured, and the foundations of the earth below could be fathomed, only then would I reject all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done—declares GOD.

hinneh yamim [ba'im] ne'um-Adonai venivnetah ha'ir la-Adonai mimmigdal khananel sha'ar happinnah

See, a time is coming—declares GOD—when the city shall be rebuilt for GOD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate;

veyatsa od (qvh) [qav] hammiddah negdo al givat garev venasav go'atah

and the measuring line shall go straight out to the Gareb Hill, and then turn toward Goah.

vekhol-ha'emeq happegarim vehaddeshen vekhol-[hashedemot] (hshrmvt) ad-nakhal qidron ad-pinnat sha'ar hassusim mizrakhah qodesh la-Adonai lo-yinnatesh velo-yehares od le'olam

And the entire Valley of the Corpses and Ashes, and all the fields as far as the Wadi Kidron, and the corner of the Horse Gate on the east, shall be holy to GOD. They shall never again be uprooted or overthrown.