Jeremiah 31:22

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”

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KJV

King James Version

¶ How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.

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WEB

World English Bible

How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman will encompass a man.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for Jehovah hath created a new thing in the earth: A woman shall encompass a man.

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Berean Literal Bible

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Jeremiah 31

²⁰ Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.

²¹ “Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.

²² How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”

²³ This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’

²⁴ And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,

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