Jeremiah 30

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 that I have spoken to you.

3 For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”

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

5 Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard—a cry of terror, not of peace.

6 Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?

7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.

8 On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.

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

10 As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.

11 For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”

12 For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.

13 There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.

14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.

15 Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.

16 Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.

17 But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”

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

19 Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.

20 Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.

21 Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.

22 “And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”

23 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.

24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.

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

2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

4 And these [are] the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

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

6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

7 Alas! for that day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

10 ¶ Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make [him] afraid.

11 For I [am] with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise [is] incurable, [and] thy wound [is] grievous.

13 [There is] none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.

14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; [because] thy sins were increased.

15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow [is] incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: [because] thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, [saying], This [is] Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

18 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.

21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who [is] this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.

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

23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done [it], and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.

1 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD:

2 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Write thee all the words that I speak unto thee in a book.

3 For, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will turn again the prison of my people, both of Israel and Judah, saith the LORD; and I will bring them again into the land which I gave unto their fathers, that they may possess it.

4 Now these are the words which the LORD speaketh concerning Israel and Judah.

5 For thus saith the LORD, We hear a cry of terror; there is fear, and no peace.

6 But search ye, and see whether a man's image bear? How is it then that I see all men with their hands upon their thighs, as women in childbearing, and all their faces pale?

7 For it is a great day, and the like of it hath not been, and there is a time of trouble in Jacob: yet shall he be delivered out of it.

8 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will loose thy bands, and he shall no more serve strangers therein,

9 But to the LORD their God, and to David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

10 Therefore fear not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel. For, behold, I will save thee out of far countries, and thy seed out of the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and live in peace, and be satisfied; and none shall affright him.

11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to help thee. For I will make an end of all nations, whither I have scattered thee: but I will not make an end of thee: but I will chasten thee with measures, that thou hold not thyself innocent.

12 For thus saith the LORD; Thy hurt is desperately grievous, and thy wounds are incurable.

13 Thine affair hath no man to bind it up: no man can heal thee.

14 All thy lovers forget thee, and ask nothing of thee. I have smitten thee, as I smite an enemy, With ruthless distemper for thy great iniquity, And for thy strong sins.

15 Why cryest thou over thy hurt, and over thy desperately wicked pain? For I have done these things unto thee for thy great iniquity, and for thy great sins.

16 Therefore all they that devoured thee shall be devoured, and all they that afflicted thee shall be taken captive, and they that robbed thee shall be robbed, and they that plundered thee shall be plundered.

17 But I will restore thee, and heal thy wounds, saith the LORD; because thou art called the outcast, and Zion, whom no man inquireth after.

18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will turn the prison of Jacob's tabernacles, and have mercy upon his habitation; and the city shall be built again upon her hills, and the temple shall stand after his manner.

19 And from thence shall go forth songs of praise and joy: for I will increase them, and not diminish them; I will make them glorious, and not small.

20 Their sons shall be as before, and their congregation shall prosper before me: for I will punish all them that afflict them.

21 And their ruler shall come out of them, and their sovereign shall go forth from them, and he shall draw near unto me: for who is he that draweth near unto me with a willing heart? saith the LORD.

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

23 Behold, the weather of the LORD shall come with fury; a terrible tempest shall fall upon the head of the wicked.

24 For the fierce anger of the LORD shall not abate, until he do and execute that which is in his mind. In the last time ye shall know these things.