7 For thus hath JEHOVAH said, Shout forth joy unto Jacob, And congratulate with the chief of the nations; JEHOVAH hath saved thy people, 8 Behold I will bring them from the north country, And will gather them from the extremities of the earth: Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child, and she that travaileth together, A great company shall they return. 9 Behold with weeping shall they come, 10 And amidst supplications will I lead them along; In a smooth way, wherein they shall not stumble; And Ephraim, he was my first-born. Hear the word of JEHOVAH, O ye nations, He that scattered Israel will gather him, And will guard him, as a shepherd doth his flock, 11 For JEHOVAH hath redeemed Jacob,. And will deliver him out of the hand of him that is stronger than he. 12 And they shall come, and shall shout in the height of Sion, And shall flock together for to share in the good things of JEHOVAH, For corn, and for new wine, and for oil, And for the young of the flock, and of the herd; 13 Then shall the virgin in the dance rejoice, And the young men and old men together; For I will change their mourning into joy; I will also comfort them, and cheer them after their sorrow. 14 And I will satiate the desire of the priests with delicacies, 15' And my people shall be satisfied with my good things, saith JEHOVAH. Thus saith JEHOVAH; A voice hath been heard in Ramah, Refuseth to be comforted, because they are not. 16 Thus saith JEHOVAH, Refrain thy voice from weeping, And thine eyes from tears; For thy works shall have a reward, saith JEHOVAH, enemy: 17 There is also hope in thy latter end, saith JEнO 18 VAH, And thy children shall return unto their own border. I have surely heard Ephraim lamenting himself: Thou hast corrected me, and I was corrected, like a steer not broken: Turn thou me, and I shall be turned; For thou art JEHOVAH my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented, I was ashamed, and even covered with confusion, 20 Is Ephraim a son dear unto me? Is he a child fondly beloved? That so soon as ever my word is in him, I should indeed call him again to my remembrance? Therefore have my bowels been moved for him, I will surely have mercy upon him, saith JEHOVAH. 21 Set thee up waymarks, Fix up for thyself tall poles, Set thine heart toward the highway: By the way thou wentest return, O virgin of Israel, Return to these thy cities. 22 How long wilt thou turn thyself away, O refractory virgin ? For JEHOVAH is about to create a new thing in the earth, A woman shall put to the rout a strong man. 23 Thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts, the God of Israel ; Again shall they speak this word in the land of Judah, And in the cities thereof, when I reverse their captivity, JEHOVAH shall bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of the most holy One. 24 And Judah shall dwell in it, and all his cities, Husbandmen altogether, and they shall go about with flocks. 25 For I have refreshed the thirsty soul, And every soul that pined for hunger have I filled. 26 Hereupon I awoke, and saw; And my sleep was pleasing unto me. 27 BEHOLD the days come, saith JEHOVAH, That I will sow the house of Israel, and the house. of Judah, With the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. 28 And it shall be that, as I have watched over them, To pluck up, and to pull down, and to overthrow, And to destroy, and to afflict: So will I watch over them, To build, and to plant, saith JEHOVAH. 29 In those days they shall no more say, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, And the children's teeth shall be set on edge. 30 But every man shall die for his own iniquity; Every man that hath eaten the sour grape, His teeth shall be set on edge. 31 Behold the days come, saith JEHOVAH, That I will make with the house of Israel, And with the house of Judah, a new covenant: 32 Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, In the day that I took them by the hand, Although I was a husband unto them, saith JEHO VAH. 33 But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith JEHOVAH, will I put my And upon their heart will I write it; 34 And they shall not teach any more, Every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, 35 Saying, Know ye JEHOVAH; For they shall all know me, From the least of them even unto the greatest of them, saith JEHOVAH; For I will pardon their iniquity, And their sin will I remember no more. Thus saith JEHOVAH, Who hath appointed the sun for a light by day, The stated order of the moon and stars for a light by night; Who agitateth the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; JEHOVAH of hosts is his name: 36 If these ordinances shall depart from before me; Then shall the seed of Israel also cease From being a nation before me continually. 37 Thus saith JEHOVAH; 38 If the heavens above can be measured, Or the foundations of the earth beneath be tra ced out; Then will I also reject the whole seed of Israel, That the city shall be built under the direction From the tower of Hananeel unto the corner gate: 39 And a line of the measure shall proceed on straight forward Over the hill Gareb, and shall encompass Goatha, 40 And the whole, valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, And all the fields unto the brook Kidron, As far as to the angle of the horse gate eastward : |