Jeremiah 30

30^*The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, ²Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, ^aWrite thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. ³For, lo, ^aathe days come, saith the Lord, that ^bI will bring again the captivity of my people ^cIsrael and Judah, saith the Lord: and ^dI will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. ⁴And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning ^cIsrael and concerning Judah. ⁵For thus saith the Lord;

We have heard a voice of trembling,

^||Of fear, and not of peace.

⁶Ask ye now, and see whether ^†a man doth travail with child?

Wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, ^eas a woman in travail,

And ^fall faces are turned into paleness?

⁷Alas! for ^gthat day is great, ^hso that none is like it:

It is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;

But he shall be saved out of it.

⁸For it shall come to pass ⁱin that day, saith the Lord of hosts,

That ^jI will break his ^kyoke from off thy neck,

And ^jlwill burst ^jthy bonds,

And ^mstrangers shall no more ^lserve themselves of him:

⁹But they shall serve the Lord their God,

And ⁿDavid their king, ^owhom I will raise up unto them.

^10pTherefore ^qfear thou not, O ^rmy servant Jacob, saith the Lord;

Neither be dismayed, O Israel:

^pFor, lo, I will save thee from afar,

And thy seed ^sfrom the land of their captivity;

^pAnd Jacob shall return,

^pAnd shall be in rest, and ^tbe quiet,

^puAnd none shall make him afraid.

^11qvFor I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee:

^vwThough I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee,

^vwxYet will I not make a full end of thee:

But I will correct thee ^yin measure,

^vAnd ^yywill not leave thee altogether unpunished.

¹²For thus saith the Lord,

Thy bruise is ^zincurable,

And ^athy wound is grievous.

¹³There is none to plead thy cause, ^†that thou mayest be bound up:

^cThou hast no healing medicines.

^14dAll thy lovers have forgotten thee;

They seek thee not;

For I have wounded thee with the wound of ^ean enemy, with the chastisement of ^fa cruel one,

^ffFor the multitude of thine iniquity;

Because thy sins ^gwere increased.

¹⁵Why criest thou for thine affliction?

^hThy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity:

Because thy sins ^gwere increased, I have done these things unto thee.

¹⁶ⁱTherefore all ^kthey that devour thee ^lshall be devoured;

And all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity;

And ^mthey that spoil thee shall be ⁿa spoil,

And all that prey upon thee will I give ⁿfor a prey.

¹⁷For ^oI will restore health unto thee,

And ^pI will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord;

Because they called thee ^qan Outcast, saying,

This is Zion, ^rwhom no man seeketh after.

¹⁸Thus saith the Lord;

Behold, ^sI will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents,

And ^thave mercy on his dwellingplaces; and

The city shall be builded upon her own ^||uheap,

And the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

¹⁹And out of them shall proceed ^vthanksgiving and the voice of ^wthem that make merry:

And ^wI will multiply them, and they shall not be few;

I will also ^xyglorify them, and ^ythey shall not be small.

²⁰Their children also shall be ^zas aforetime,

And their congregation shall be established before me,

And I will punish all that oppress them.

²¹And ^atheir nobles shall be of themselves,

And ^atheir governor shall proceed from the midst of them;

And I will ^bcause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me:

For ^cwho is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord.

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

^23eBehold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury,

A ^†continuing whirlwind:

^eIt shall ^||fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

^24fThe fierce ^ganger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it,

^gAnd until he have performed the intents of his heart:

^ghIn the latter days ye shall consider it.