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Thus says the Lord:

The people who survived the sword
    found grace in the wilderness,
    when I went to give Israel rest.

The Lord has appeared to him from afar, saying:

Indeed, I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.
Again I will build you
    and you will be built, O virgin of Israel.
You will again be adorned with your tambourines
    and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.

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