THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH

 

Jeremiah Chapter 30

1 ¶ The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

2 The LORD God of Israel says this, Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

3 For, know that the days come, says the LORD, when I will release my people Israel and Judah from captivity, says the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.

4 And these are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

5 For the LORD said; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

6 Ask now, and see if a man can travail in childbirth? why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins, like a woman in travail, and every face turned pale?

7 Woe to you because that day will be so awful, that there will be none like it: it is the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he will be saved from it.

8 For it will come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will break the yoke from your neck, and will snap your chains, and strangers will no longer make you serve them:

9 But they will serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for you.

10 ¶ Therefore do not be afraid, O my servant Jacob, says the LORD; nor be discouraged, O Israel: for I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob will return, and will live in peace, undisturbed, and frightened by no one.

11 For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: though I completely destroy all the nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not completely destroy you: but I will correct you as you deserve, and will not leave you completely unpunished.

12 For the LORD says, Your injury is grievous, and your wound is incurable.

13 There is no one to champion your cause, so that your wounds might be bound up: you have no healing medicines.

14 All of your lovers have forgotten you; they do not look for you; for I have wounded you as though you were an enemy, and punished you as if I were cruel, because of the greatness of your perversity; because your sins are many.

15 Why cry to me because of your suffering? your sorrow is incurable, I have done these things to you because of the greatness of your perversity: because your sins were many.

16 But all who devour you will be devoured; and all of your enemies, every one of them, will go into captivity; and those who carry off your goods will be robbed of theirs, and all who prey upon you I will make a prey.

17 For I will restore your health, and I will heal your wounds, says the LORD; because they called you an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no one cares for.

18 ¶ The LORD says; Behold, I will bring back the captives of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city will be built upon its own rubble, and the palaces will be inhabited as they once were.

19 And they will pour out thanksgiving and the laughter of those who are happy: and I will make them many, not a few; I will also bring honor to them, and they will not be insignificant.

20 They will have children as they had long ago, and their community will be established before me, and I will punish all who oppress them.

21 And their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will rise from among them; and I will cause him to approach, and come near to me: for who else would risk his life to approach me? says the LORD.

22 And you will be my people, and I will be your God.

23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goes forth with fury, a sweeping storm: it will fall with pain upon the heads of the wicked.

24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back, until he is finished, and has carried out what he plans in his heart: in the time to come you will understand it.