Jeremiah 30:10–17

¹⁰But you must not fear, my servant Jacob,’ declares^h Yahweh,

‘and you must not be dismayed, Israel,

for look, I am going to save you from far,

and your offspring from the land of their captivity.

And Jacob will return,

and he will be at rest,

and he will be at ease,

and there will be no one who makes himⁱ afraid.

¹¹For I am with you,’ declares^j Yahweh, ‘to save you.

For I will make a complete destruction

of all the nations to which I scattered you,

but you I will not make a complete destruction.

And I will chastise you to the measure,

and I will not leave you entirely unpunished.’

¹²For thus says Yahweh,

‘Your injury is incurable,

your wound is overcome by sickness.

¹³There is no one who pleads your cause,

for your boil there is no healing for you.

¹⁴All your lovers have forgotten you,

they do not care for you.

I have struck you with the blow of an enemy,

the punishment of the cruel,

because of the greatness of your guilt,

your sins are numerous.

¹⁵Why do you cry because of your wound?

Your pain is incurable.

Because of the greatness of your guilt—your sins are vast—

I have done these things to you.

¹⁶Therefore^k all those who devour you will be devoured,

and all your foes, all of them will go into captivity,

and those who plunder you will be as plunder,

and all those who plunder you I will make as plunder.

¹⁷For I will present healing to you,

and I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares^l Yahweh.

‘Because they have called you an outcast, saying,

“It is Zion, there is no one who cares for her.” ’