31At that time, declares theLord,I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.

2Thus says theLord:The people who survived the swordfound grace in the wilderness;when Israel sought for rest,3theLordappeared to him[a]from far away.I have loved you with an everlasting love;thereforeI have continuedmy faithfulness to you.4Again I will build you, and you shall be built,O virgin Israel!Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourinesand shall go forth inthe dance of the merrymakers.5Again you shall plant vineyardson the mountains of Samaria;the planters shall plantand shall enjoy the fruit.6For there shall be a day when watchmen will callinthe hill country of Ephraim:Arise, and let us go up to Zion,to theLordour God.