Jeremiah 31:1-6 - God's Relationship With His People

¹ “At that time”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”

² This is what the Lord says:

They found favor in the wilderness—
the people who survived the sword.
When Israel went to find rest,
³ the Lord appeared to him from far away.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.
⁴ Again I will build you so that you will be rebuilt,
Virgin Israel.
You will take up your tambourines again
and go out in joyful dancing.
⁵ You will plant vineyards again
on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters will plant and will enjoy the fruit.
⁶ For there will be a day when watchmen will call out
in the hill country of Ephraim,
“Get up, let’s go up to Zion,
to Yahweh our God!”