2 This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.” 3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. 4 Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
Jeremiah 31:2–4
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