22 “How long will you go here and there,
O (A)faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman will encompass a man.”

23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I (B)restore their [a]fortunes,

‘The Lord bless you, O (C)abode of righteousness,
O (D)holy hill!’

24 Judah and all its cities will (E)dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:23 Or captivity

22 How long will you wander,(A)
    unfaithful(B) Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing(C) on earth—
    the woman will return to[a](D) the man.”

23 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity,[b](E) the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: ‘The Lord bless(F) you, you prosperous city,(G) you sacred mountain.’(H) 24 People will live(I) together in Judah and all its towns—farmers and those who move about with their flocks.(J)

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  1. Jeremiah 31:22 Or will protect
  2. Jeremiah 31:23 Or I restore their fortunes