The Lord appeared to us in the past,[a] saying:

‘I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt.
Again you will take up your tambourines
    and go out to dance with the joyful.
Again you will plant vineyards
    on the hills of Samaria;
the farmers will plant them
    and enjoy their fruit.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar