“SOUND OF REJOICING” Jeremiah 30:1-31:40 02/19/2012 Dr. Dane Boyles

Jeremiah 1:10 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Jeremiah 30:1-2 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.

Jeremiah 30:3 3 The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their forefathers to possess,’ says the LORD.”

Jeremiah 30:30a 30a The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them.

Jeremiah 31:27 27 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will plant the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the offspring of men and of animals.

Jeremiah 31:31 31 “The time is coming,” declares the LORD,    “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel    and with the house of Judah.

Jeremiah 31:38 38 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

Jeremiah 33:14-15 14 “‘The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. 15 “‘In those days and at that time    I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David’s line;    he will do what is just and right in the land.

Jeremiah 29:14 14 I will be found by you,” declares the LORD, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the LORD, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”

Jeremiah 30:18 18 “This is what the LORD says:    “‘I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents    and have compassion on his dwellings; the city will be rebuilt on her ruins,    and the palace will stand in its proper place.

Jeremiah 30:19 19 From them will come songs of thanksgiving    and the sound of rejoicing. I will add to their numbers,    and they will not be decreased; I will bring them honor,    and they will not be disdained.

Jeremiah 31:23 23 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity, the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: ‘The LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling, O sacred mountain.’

Jeremiah 31:24-25 24 People will live together in Judah and all its towns—farmers and those who move about with their flocks. 25 I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.”

Jeremiah 32:44 44 Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, because I will restore their fortunes, declares the LORD.”

Jeremiah 33:6-7 6 “‘Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security. 7 I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity and will rebuild them as they were before.

Jeremiah 33:8-9 8 I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me. 9 Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.’

Jeremiah 33:10 10 “This is what the LORD says: ‘You say about this place, “It is a desolate waste, without men or animals.” Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, inhabited by neither men nor animals, there will be heard once more

Jeremiah 33:11 11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying,    “Give thanks to the LORD Almighty,    for the LORD is good;    his love endures forever.”    For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,’ says the LORD.

Jeremiah 31:4-5 4 I will build you up again    and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines    and go out to dance with the joyful. 5 Again you will plant vineyards    on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant them    and enjoy their fruit. (31:4-5)

Jeremiah 31:12 12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;    they will rejoice in the bounty of the LORD— the grain, the new wine and the oil,    the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden,    and they will sorrow no more.

Jeremiah 31:13-14 13 Then maidens will dance and be glad,    young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness;    I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow. 14 I will satisfy the priests with abundance,    and my people will be filled with my bounty,”             declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 30:17 17 But I will restore you to health    and heal your wounds,’             declares the LORD, ‘because you are called an outcast,    Zion for whom no one cares.’

Jeremiah 30:22 22 “‘So you will be my people,    and I will be your God.’”

Jeremiah 31:3 3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:    “I have loved you with an everlasting love;    I have drawn you with loving-kindness.

Jeremiah 31:9 9 They will come with weeping;    they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water    on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel’s father,    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

Jeremiah 31:20 20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,    the child in whom I delight? 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.

“SOUND OF REJOICING” Jeremiah 30:1-31:40 02/19/2012 Dr. Dane Boyles