25 I will give rest and strength to those who are weak and tired.”
26 After hearing that, I, Jeremiah, woke up and looked around. My sleep had been very pleasant.
27 The Lord says, “The time is coming when I will help the families of Israel and Judah and their children and animals to grow.
28 In the past I watched over Israel and Judah, to pull them up and tear them down, to destroy them and bring them disaster. But now I will watch over them to build them up and make them strong,” says the Lord.
29 “At that time people will no longer say:‘The parents have eaten sour grapes,and that caused the children to grind their teeth from the sour taste.’
30 Instead, each person will die for his own sin; the person who eats sour grapes will grind his own teeth.
31 “Look, the time is coming,” says the Lord,“when I will make a new agreementwith the people of Israeland the people of Judah.