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Jeremiah 30:20 571 Jeremiah 31:24

I will multiplie them, and they shall not bee afarre off, and say, Hee that scattered Israel, wil
fewe: I will also glorifie them, and they shall gather him and wil keepe him, as a shepheard
not be diminished. 20 Their children also shall doeth his flocke. 11 For the Lord hath redeemed
be as afore time, and their congregation shall be Iaakob, and ransomed him from the hande of
established before me: and I will visite all that him, that was stronger then he. 12 Therefore they
vexe them. 21 And their noble ruler shall be of shall come, and reioyce in the height of Zion,
themselues, and their gouernour shall proceede and shall runne to the bountifulnes of the Lord,
from the middes of them, and I will cause him euen for the wheat and for the wine, and for the
to draw neere, and approche vnto me: for who oyle, and for the increase of sheepe, and bullocks:
is this that directeth his heart to come vnto mee, and their soule shalbe as a watered garden, and
saith the Lord? 22 And ye shall be my people, and I they shall haue no more sorow. 13 Then shall ye
will bee your God. 23 Beholde, the tempest of the virgine reioyce in the dance, and the yong men
Lord goeth foorth with wrath: the whirlewinde and the old men together: for I wil turne their
that hangeth ouer, shall light vpon the head of mourning into ioy, and wil comfort them, and
the wicked. 24 The fierce wrath of the Lord shall giue them ioy for their sorowes. 14 And I wil re-
not returne, vntill he haue done, and vntill he plenish the soule of the Priests with fatnesse, and
haue performed the intents of his heart: in the
latter dayes ye shall vnderstand it. my people shalbe satisfied with my goodnesse,
saith the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord, A voyce
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31 was heard on hie, a mourning and bitter weeping.
Rahel weeping for her children, refused to be
1 At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the comforted for her children, because they were
God of all the families of Israel, and they shall not. 16 Thus saith the Lord, Refraine thy voyce
be my people. Thus saith the Lord, The people from weeping, and thine eyes from teares: for thy
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which escaped the sworde, founde grace in the worke shalbe rewarded, saith the Lord, and they
wildernes: he walked before Israel to cause him shall come againe from the land of the enemie:
to rest. 3 The Lord hath appeared vnto me of 17 And there is hope in thine ende, saith the
old, say they: Yea, I haue loued thee with an Lord, that thy children shall come againe to their
euerlasting loue, therefore with mercie I haue owne borders. 18 I haue heard Ephraim lamenting
drawen thee. 4 Againe I will builde thee, and thus, Thou hast corrected me, and I was chastised
thou shalt be builded, O virgine Israel: thou shalt as an vntamed calfe: conuert thou me, and I
stil be adorned with thy timbrels, and shalt goe shalbe conuerted: for thou art the Lord my God.
foorth in the dance of them that be ioyfull. Thou 19 Surely after that I conuerted, I repented: and
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shalt yet plant vines vpon the mountaines of after that I was instructed, I smote vpon my
Samaria, and the planters that plant them, shall thigh: I was ashamed, yea, euen confounded,
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make them common. For the dayes shall come because I did beare the reproch of my youth. 20 Is
that the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim Ephraim my deare sonne or pleasant childe? yet
shall cry, Arise, and let vs go vp vnto Zion to the since I spake vnto him, I still remembred him:
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Lord our God. For thus saith the Lord, Reioyce therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I wil
with gladnesse for Iaakob, and shoute for ioye surely haue compassion vpon him, saith the Lord.
among the chiefe of the Gentiles: publish praise, 21 Set thee vp signes: make thee heapes: set thine
and say, O Lord, saue thy people, the remnant of heart towarde the path and way, that thou hast
Israel. Beholde, I will bring them from the North walked: turne againe, O virgine of Israel: turne
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countrey, and gather them from the coastes of againe to these thy cities. 22 How long wilt thou
the world, with the blinde and the lame among goe astray, O thou rebellious daughter? for the
them, with the woman with childe, and her that Lord hath created a newe thing in the earth: A
is deliuered also: a great companie shall returne WOMAN shall compasse a man. 23 Thus saith
hither. 9 They shall come weeping, and with the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Yet shall
mercie will I bring them againe: I will lead them they say this thing in the land of Iudah, and in
by the riuers of water in a straight way, wherein the cities thereof, when I shall bring againe their
they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, captiuitie, The Lord blesse thee, O habitation of
and Ephraim is my first borne. 10 Heare the worde iustice and holy mountaine. 24 And Iudah shall
of the Lord, O ye Gentiles, and declare in the yles dwell in it, and all the cities thereof together,