aThis verse is labeled as 30.25 in some editions. At that time—declares GOD—I will be God to all the clans of Israel, and they shall be My people.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בעת
472
ההיא
21
נאםיהוה
117
אהיה
21
לאלהים
116
לכל
80
משפחות
834
ישראל
541
והמה
56
יהיולי
71
לעםס
200
Jeremiah 31:2
Gematria: 2499
כהאמריהוהמצאחןבמדברעםשרידיחרבהלוךלהרגיעוישראל
Thus said GOD:The people escaped from the sword,Found favor in the wilderness;When Israel was marching homeward
Word-by-Word Analysis
כה
25
אמר
241
יהוה
26
מצא
131
חן
58
במדבר
248
עם
110
שרידי
524
חרב
210
הלוך
61
להרגיעו
324
ישראל
541
Jeremiah 31:3
Gematria: 2706
מרחוקיהוהנראהליואהבתעולםאהבתיךעלכןמשכתיךחסד
GOD was revealedbrevealed Heb. adds “to me”; emendation yields “to him.” long ago.Eternal love I conceived for you then;Therefore I continue My grace to you.
I will build you firmly again,O Maiden Israel!Again you shall take up your hand-drumscyou shall take up your hand-drums See note at Exod. 15.20. And go forth to the rhythm of the dancers.
Word-by-Word Analysis
עוד
80
אבנך
73
ונבנית
518
בתולת
838
ישראל
541
עוד
80
תעדי
484
תפיך
510
ויצאת
507
במחול
86
משחקים
498
Jeremiah 31:5
Gematria: 2086
עודתטעיכרמיםבהרישמרוןנטעונטעיםוחללו
Again you shall plant vineyardsOn the hills of Samaria;YoudYou Heb. “They.” shall plant and live to enjoy the fruit.
For thus said GOD:Cry out in joy for Jacob,Shout at the crossroadsecrossroads Lit. “head.” of the nations!Sing aloud in praise, and say:Save, O ETERNAL One, Your people,fSave, O ETERNAL One, Your people Emendation yields “GOD has saved this people.” The remnant of Israel.
I will bring them in from the northland,Gather them from the ends of the earth—The blind and the lame among them,Those with child and those in labor—In a vast throng they shall return here.
They shall come with weeping,And with compassiongcompassion For this meaning, cf. Zech. 12.10. will I guide them.I will lead them to streams of water,By a level road where they will not stumble.For I am ever a FatherhFather See note at 3.4. to Israel,Ephraim is My first-born.
Hear the word of GOD, O nations,And tell it in the isles afar.Say:The One who scattered Israel will gather them,And will guard them as a shepherd his flock.
Word-by-Word Analysis
שמעו
416
דבריהוה
232
גוים
59
והגידו
34
באיים
63
ממרחק
388
ואמרו
253
מזרה
252
ישראל
541
יקבצנו
258
ושמרו
552
כרעה
295
עדרו
280
Jeremiah 31:11
Gematria: 1079
כיפדהיהוהאתיעקבוגאלומידחזקממנו
For GOD will ransom Jacob,Redeem him from one too strong for him.
They shall come and shout on the heights of Zion,Radiant over GOD’s bounty— Over new grain and wine and oil,And over sheep and cattle.They shall fare like a watered garden,They shall never languish again.
Thus said GOD:A cry is heard in Ramahiin Ramah Or “on a height.”—Wailing, bitter weeping—Rachel weeping for her children.She refuses to be comfortedFor her children, who are gone.
Thus said GOD:Restrain your voice from weeping,Your eyes from shedding tears;For there is a reward for your labor—declares GOD:They shall return from the enemy’s land.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כה
25
אמר
241
יהוה
26
מנעי
170
קולך
156
מבכי
72
ועיניך
166
מדמעה
159
כי
30
יש
310
שכר
520
לפעלתך
630
נאםיהוה
117
ושבו
314
מארץ
331
אויב
19
Jeremiah 31:17
Gematria: 2140
וישתקוהלאחריתךנאםיהוהושבובניםלגבולם
And there is hope for your future—declares GOD:Your children shall return to their country.
I can hear Ephraim lamenting:“You have chastised me, and I am chastisedLike a calf that has not been broken.Receive me back, let me return,For You, O ETERNAL One, are my God.
Now that I have turned back, I am filled with remorse;Now that I am made aware, I strike my thigh.jstrike my thigh A gesture of self-reproach. I am ashamed and humiliated,For I bear the disgrace of my youth.”
Truly, Ephraim is a dear son to Me,A child that is dandled!Whenever I have turnedkturned Lit. “spoken.” against him,My thoughts would dwell on him still.That is why My heart yearns for him;I will receive him back in love—declares GOD.
Erect markers,Set up signposts;lsignposts Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Keep in mind the highway,The road that you traveled.Return, Maiden Israel!Return to these towns of yours!
Thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: They shall again say this in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I restore their fortunes:“ GOD bless you,Abode of righteousness,O holy mountain!”
Word-by-Word Analysis
כהאמר
266
יהוה
26
צבאות
499
אלהי
46
ישראל
541
עוד
80
יאמרו
257
אתהדבר
612
הזה
17
בארץ
293
יהודה
30
ובעריו
294
בשובי
320
אתשבותם
1149
יברכך
252
יהוה
26
נוהצדק
255
הר
205
הקדש
409
Jeremiah 31:24
Gematria: 1470
וישבובהיהודהוכלעריויחדואכריםונסעובעדר
Judah and all its towns alike shall be inhabited by the farmers and such as move aboutnsuch as move about Lit. “they shall travel.” with the flocks.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישבו
324
בה
7
יהודה
30
וכלעריו
342
יחדו
28
אכרים
271
ונסעו
192
בעדר
276
Jeremiah 31:25
Gematria: 2235
כיהרויתינפשעיפהוכלנפשדאבהמלאתי
For I will give the thirsty abundant drink, and satisfy all who languish.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
הרויתי
631
נפש
430
עיפה
165
וכלנפש
486
דאבה
12
מלאתי
481
Jeremiah 31:26
Gematria: 2479
עלזאתהקיצתיואראהושנתיערבהליס
At this I awoke and looked about, and my sleepomy sleep I.e., the vision in the preceding verses. had been pleasant to me.
and just as I was watchful over them to uproot and to pull down, to overthrow and to destroy and to bring disaster, so I will be watchful over them to build and to plant—declares GOD.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיה
26
כאשר
521
שקדתי
814
עליהם
155
לנתוש
786
ולנתוץ
582
ולהרס
301
ולהאביד
58
ולהרע
311
כן
70
אשקד
405
עליהם
155
לבנות
488
ולנטע
165
נאםיהוה
117
Jeremiah 31:29
Gematria: 2286
בימיםההםלאיאמרועודאבותאכלובסרושניבניםתקהינה
In those days, they shall no longer say, “Parents have eaten sour grapes and children’s teeth are blunted.”pblunted In contrast to others “set on edge.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
בימים
102
ההם
50
לאיאמרו
288
עוד
80
אבות
409
אכלו
57
בסר
262
ושני
366
בנים
102
תקהינה
570
Jeremiah 31:30
Gematria: 2391
כיאםאישבעונוימותכלהאדםהאכלהבסרתקהינהשניוס
But every one shall die for their own sins: whosoever eats sour grapes, their teeth shall be blunted.
It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors, when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, a covenant that they broke, though I espousedqespoused Meaning of Heb. uncertain; compare 3.14. them—declares GOD.
But such is the covenant I will make with the House of Israel after these days—declares GOD: I will put My Teaching into their inmost being and inscribe it upon their hearts. Then I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
No longer will they need to teach one another and say to one another, “Heed GOD”; for all of them, from the least of them to the greatest, shall heed Me—declares GOD.For I will forgive their iniquities,And remember their sins no more.
Thus said GOD,Who established the sun for light by day,The laws of moon and stars for light by night,Who stirs up the sea into roaring waves,Whose name is GOD of Hosts:
Thus said GOD: If the heavens above could be measured, and the foundations of the earth below could be fathomed, only then would I reject all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done—declares GOD.
And the entire Valley of the Corpses and Ashes, and all the fields as far as the Wadi Kidron, and the corner of the Horse Gate on the east, shall be holy to GOD. They shall never again be uprooted or overthrown.