“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”

This is what the LORD says:
“The people who survived the sword
found favor in the wilderness
when Israel went to find rest.”
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:

“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt,
O Virgin Israel.
Again you will take up your tambourines
and go out in joyful dancing.

Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria;
the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.

For there will be a day when watchmen will call out
on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Arise, let us go up to Zion,
to the LORD our God!’”

For this is what the LORD says:
“Sing with joy for Jacob;
shout for the foremost of the nations!
Make your praises heard, and say,
‘O LORD, save Your people,
the remnant of Israel!’

Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north
and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,
including the blind and the lame,
expectant mothers and women in labor.
They will return as a great assembly!

They will come with weeping,
and by their supplication I will lead them;
I will make them walk beside streams of waters,
on a level path where they will not stumble.

For I am Israel’s Father,
and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

~ Jeremiah 31:1-9