Jeremiah 31章 ESV | 微读圣经

The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy

131:1 ch. 30:24“At that time, declares the Lord, 31:1 [2 Cor. 6:18]; See ch. 30:22I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”

2Thus says the Lord:

“The people who survived the sword

found grace in the wilderness;

31:2 [ch. 30:10; Ps. 95:11; Isa. 63:14]when Israel sought for rest,

3the Lord appeared to him31:3 Septuagint; Hebrew me from far away.

31:3 Deut. 7:8; 10:15; Mal. 1:2; Rom. 11:28I have loved you with an everlasting love;

therefore 31:3 Ps. 36:10I have continued 31:3 Hos. 11:4my faithfulness to you.

431:4 ver. 28; ch. 33:7Again I will build you, and you shall be built,

O virgin Israel!

31:4 Isa. 61:10Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines

and shall go forth in 31:4 ver. 13; Ex. 15:20; Judg. 11:34; 21:21; See 2 Sam. 6:14the dance of the merrymakers.

531:5 Isa. 65:21; Amos 9:14Again you shall plant vineyards

on the mountains of Samaria;

the planters shall plant

and shall enjoy the fruit.

6For there shall be a day when watchmen will call

in 31:6 See Josh. 24:33the hill country of Ephraim:

31:6 Isa. 2:3; 27:13‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,

to the Lord our God.’”

7For thus says the Lord:

31:7 Isa. 12:6; 65:18“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,

and raise shouts for 31:7 Amos 6:1the chief of the nations;

proclaim, give praise, and say,

31:7 Ps. 118:25‘O Lord, save your people,

the remnant of Israel.’

8Behold, I will bring them 31:8 See ch. 3:18from the north country

and 31:8 See ch. 23:3gather them from 31:8 See ch. 6:22the farthest parts of the earth,

among them 31:8 Isa. 35:5, 6the blind and the lame,

the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;

a great company, they shall return here.

931:9 ch. 50:4; [Ezra 3:13; 10:1] With weeping they shall come,

31:9 ch. 3:21; Zech. 12:10and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,

I will make them 31:9 Isa. 35:6, 7; 49:10; [Ps. 23:2] walk by brooks of water,

31:9 Isa. 35:8; 43:19; 49:11in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,

for 31:9 Rom. 8:15I am a father to Israel,

and Ephraim is 31:9 [Ex. 4:22; Ps. 89:27]my firstborn.

10“Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,

and declare it in the coastlands far away;

say, ‘He who scattered Israel will 31:10 [See ver. 8above] gather him,

and will keep him 31:10 Isa. 40:11as a shepherd keeps his flock.’

1131:11 Isa. 43:1; 44:23; 48:20For the Lord has ransomed Jacob

and has redeemed him from 31:11 [Isa. 49:24, 25]hands too strong for him.

12They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,

31:12 Isa. 2:2; Mic. 4:1and they shall be radiant 31:12 Hos. 3:5over the goodness of the Lord,

31:12 [Deut. 12:17] over the grain, the wine, and the oil,

and over the young of the flock and the herd;

31:12 Isa. 58:11their life shall be like a watered garden,

31:12 Isa. 35:10and they shall languish no more.

1331:13 See ver. 4Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,

and the young men and the old shall be merry.

31:13 [John 16:20]I will turn their mourning into joy;

I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

1431:14 [ver. 25]I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance,

and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness,

declares the Lord.”

15Thus says the Lord:

31:15 Cited Matt. 2:18“A voice is heard in 31:15 Josh. 18:25Ramah,

lamentation and bitter weeping.

31:15 [Gen. 35:19, 20; 48:7; 1 Sam. 10:2] Rachel is weeping for her children;

she refuses to be comforted for her children,

31:15 ch. 10:20because they are no more.”

16Thus says the Lord:

“Keep your voice from weeping,

and your eyes from tears,

for there is a reward for your work,

declares the Lord,

and 31:16 Ezra 1:5; Hos. 1:11they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

1731:17 ch. 29:11There is hope for your future,

declares the Lord,

and your children shall come back to their own country.

18I have heard 31:18 [ver. 9] Ephraim grieving,

‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,

like an untrained calf;

31:18 Ps. 80:3; Lam. 5:21bring me back that I may be restored,

for you are the Lord my God.

19For after 31:19 Deut. 30:2I had turned away, I relented,

and after I was instructed, 31:19 Ezek. 21:12I struck my thigh;

31:19 [ch. 3:25]I was ashamed, and I was confounded,

because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

2031:20 [See ver. 18above] Is Ephraim my dear son?

31:20 [Prov. 8:30] Is he my darling child?

For as often as I speak against him,

I do remember him still.

31:20 Song 5:4; Isa. 16:11Therefore my heart31:20 Hebrew bowels yearns for him;

I will surely have mercy on him,

declares the Lord.

2131:21 [Isa. 57:14; 62:10] “Set up road markers for yourself;

make yourself guideposts;

31:21 ch. 50:4, 5consider well the highway,

31:21 [Isa. 57:14; 62:10] the road by which you went.

Return, O virgin Israel,

return to these your cities.

2231:22 ch. 2:18, 23, 36How long will you waver,

31:22 ch. 49:4O faithless daughter?

For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:

a woman encircles a man.”

23Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, 31:23 See ch. 30:3when I restore their fortunes:

31:23 Ps. 122:6, 7“‘The Lord bless you, 31:23 ch. 50:7; Isa. 1:26O habitation of righteousness,

31:23 Zech. 8:3O holy hill!’

2431:24 ch. 33:13And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and 31:24 ch. 33:13the farmers and those who wander with their flocks.

25For I will 31:25 Ps. 36:8; [ver. 14]satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”

26At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

2731:27 ch. 9:25“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when 31:27 Ezek. 36:11; Hos. 2:23; Zech. 10:9I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with 31:27 [Ps. 22:30; Isa. 53:10]the seed of man and the seed of beast.

28And it shall come to pass that 31:28 ch. 44:27; [ch. 32:42] as I have watched over them 31:28 [ver. 40]; See ch. 1:10to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, 31:28 ch. 44:27; [ch. 32:42] so I will watch over them 31:28 See ch. 24:6to build and to plant, declares the Lord.

29In those days they shall no longer say:

31:29 Ezek. 18:2, 3; [Lam. 5:7]“‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

3031:30 Ezek. 18:4But everyone shall die for his own iniquity. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

The New Covenant

3131:31 ver. 31-34, cited Heb. 8:8-12“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make 31:31 Luke 22:20; 2 Cor. 3:6a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

32not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when 31:32 [Deut. 1:31] I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, 31:32 See ch. 3:14though I was their husband, declares the Lord.

3331:33 ch. 32:40; Ezek. 37:26; Cited Heb. 10:16For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: 31:33 ch. 32:40; Ezek. 37:26; Cited Heb. 10:16I will put my law within them, and I will write it 31:33 Ps. 37:31; 2 Cor. 3:3on their hearts. 31:33 Hos. 2:23; Zech. 8:8; 13:9; Rev. 21:7; See ch. 30:22And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

34And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ 31:34 Isa. 54:13for they shall all know me, 31:34 See ch. 6:13from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For 31:34 ch. 33:8; 36:3; 50:20; Mic. 7:18; Acts 10:43; Rom. 11:27; Cited Heb. 10:17I will forgive their iniquity, and 31:34 Isa. 43:25I will remember their sin no more.”

35Thus says the Lord,

who 31:35 Gen. 1:16gives the sun for light by day

and 31:35 See ver. 36the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,

who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—

31:35 See ch. 10:16the Lord of hosts is his name:

3631:36 [Ps. 148:6; Isa. 54:9, 10]; For ver. 36, 37, see ch. 33:20-26“If this fixed order departs

from before me, declares the Lord,

then shall the offspring of Israel cease

from being a nation before me forever.”

37Thus says the Lord:

“If the heavens above can be measured,

and the foundations of the earth below can be explored,

31:37 Rom. 11:1then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel

for all that they have done,

declares the Lord.”

3831:38 ver. 27, 31“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord31:38 Neh. 3:1; 12:39; Zech. 14:10from the Tower of Hananel to 31:38 2 Kgs. 14:13the Corner Gate.

3931:39 Ezek. 40:3; Zech. 1:16; 2:1, 2; [Rev. 11:1]And the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah.

4031:40 [ch. 7:31, 32] The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the 31:40 See 2 Sam. 15:23brook Kidron, to the corner of 31:40 2 Chr. 23:15the Horse Gate toward the east, 31:40 Isa. 52:1; Joel 3:17shall be sacred to the Lord. 31:40 [ver. 28]It shall not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”

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