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"How long will you waver, You rebellious daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: A woman will shelter a man."

"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

not like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them," declares the LORD.

"If this fixed order departs From Me," declares the LORD, "Then the descendants of Israel also will cease To be a nation before Me forever."

'This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: "Take these deeds, this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, so that they may last a long time."

who has accomplished signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day both in Israel and among mankind; and You have made a name for Yourself, as at this day.

'You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders, and with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

and You gave them this land, which You swore to their forefathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

"Indeed this city has been to Me a provocation of My anger and My wrath since the day that they built it, even to this day, so that it should be removed from My sight,

'And fields will be purchased in this land of which you say, "It is a desolation, without man or animal; it has been handed over to the Chaldeans."

"For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel says concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which have been torn down to make a defense against the assault ramps and the sword:

'Behold, I am going to bring to it healing and a remedy, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.

'It will be to Me a name of joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, which will hear of all the good that I do for them, and they will be frightened and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.'

"This is what the LORD says: 'Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, "It is a waste, without man and without animal," that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, without man and without inhabitant and without animal,

the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, "Give thanks to the LORD of armies, For the LORD is good, For His mercy is everlasting," as they bring a thanksgiving offering into the house of the LORD. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,' says the LORD.

"This is what the LORD of armies says: 'There will again be in this place which is waste, without man or animal, and in all its cities, a pasture for shepherds who rest their flocks.

'In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch of David sprout; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.

"For this is what the LORD says: 'David shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

and the Levitical priests shall not lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to prepare sacrifices continually.'"

then My covenant with David My servant may also be broken, so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers.