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    from afar the Lord appears:
With age-old love I have loved you;
    so I have kept my mercy toward you.(A)
Again I will build you, and you shall stay built,
    virgin Israel;
Carrying your festive tambourines,
    you shall go forth dancing with merrymakers.
You shall again plant vineyards
    on the mountains of Samaria;
    those who plant them shall enjoy their fruits.(B)

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

“I have loved(A) you with an everlasting love;
    I have drawn(B) you with unfailing kindness.
I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin(C) Israel, will be rebuilt.(D)
Again you will take up your timbrels(E)
    and go out to dance(F) with the joyful.(G)
Again you will plant(H) vineyards
    on the hills of Samaria;(I)
the farmers will plant them
    and enjoy their fruit.(J)

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Footnotes

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