Jeremiah 31:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² Thus says the Lord:
    The people who survived the sword
    found favor in the wilderness.
When the people of Israel sought for rest,
³     the Lord appeared to them from afar, saying,
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    therefore, I have continued to be merciful to you.
⁴ I will build you up again,
    and you will be rebuilt,
    O virgin Israel.
You will once again carry your tambourines
    and go forth to dance with the merry throng.