Jeremiah 31:1-6 - God's Relationship With His People
1 At that time, says LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
2 Thus says LORD: The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness, even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. 3 LORD appeared of old to me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love. Therefore with loving kindness I have drawn thee. 4 Again I will build thee, and thou shall be built, O virgin of Israel. Again thou shall be adorned with thy tambourine, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry. 5 Again thou shall plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria. The planters shall plant, and shall enjoy [it]. 6 For there shall be a day that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion to LORD our God.