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For Yahweh has ransomed JacobAnd redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

"They will come and sing for joy on the height of Zion,And they will be radiant over the goodness of Yahweh—Over the grain and the new wine and the oil,And over the young of the flock and the herd;And their soul will be like a watered garden,And they will never waste away again.

Then the virgin will be glad in the dance,And the young men and the old, together,For I will turn their mourning into joyAnd will comfort them and give them gladness for their sorrow.

Thus says Yahweh,"A voice is heard in Ramah,Wailing and bitter weeping.Rachel is weeping for her children;She refuses to be comforted for her childrenBecause they are no more."

Thus says Yahweh,"Restrain your voice from weepingAnd your eyes from tears,For your work will be rewarded," declares Yahweh,"And they will return from the land of the enemy.

And there is hope for your future," declares Yahweh,"And your children will return to their own territory.

I have surely heard Ephraim grieving,‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,Like an untrained calf;Cause me to return that I may return,For You are Yahweh my God.

For after I turned away, I repented;And after I was instructed, I slapped my thigh;I was ashamed and also dishonoredBecause I bore the reproach of my youth.'

Is Ephraim My dear son?Is he a delightful child?Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,I certainly still remember him;Therefore My inmost being yearns for him;I will surely have compassion on him," declares Yahweh.

"Set up roadmarks for yourself,Place for yourself guideposts;Set your heart to the highway,The way by which you went.Return, O virgin of Israel,Return to these your cities.

How long will you go here and there,O faithless daughter?For Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth—A woman will encompass a man."

For I satisfy the weary soul and fill up every soul who wastes away."

But everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.

And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares Yahweh, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."

Thus says Yahweh,Who gives the sun for light by dayAnd the statutes for the moon and the stars for light by night,Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar;Yahweh of hosts is His name:

"Behold, days are coming," declares Yahweh, "when the city will be rebuilt for Yahweh from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying, "Buy for yourself my field which is at Anathoth, for you have the legal judgment for redemption to buy it."'

Then Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Yahweh and said to me, ‘Buy my field, please, that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for you have the legal judgment for possession, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that this was the word of Yahweh.

"I bought the field which was at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle's son, and I weighed out the silver for him, seventeen shekels of silver.

For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Houses and fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land."'