Jeremiah 30

CHAPTER 30

Yahweh Will Return the Fortunes of His People

¹The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

²“Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘^aWrite all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.

³‘For behold, ^adays are coming,’ declares Yahweh, ‘when I will ^1breturn the ²fortunes of My people ^cIsrael and Judah.’ Yahweh says, ‘I will also ^dcause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’”

⁴Now these are the words which Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah:

⁵“For thus says Yahweh,

‘We have heard a sound of ^atrembling,

Of dread, and there is no peace.

⁶‘Ask now, and see

If a male can give birth.

Why do I see every man

With his hands on his loins, ^aas a woman in childbirth?

And why have all faces turned pale?

⁷‘Alas! For that ^aday is great,

There is ^bnone like it;

And it is the time of Jacob’s ^cdistress,

But he will be ^dsaved from it.

⁸‘And it will be in that day,’ declares Yahweh of hosts, ‘that I will ^abreak his yoke from off your neck and will tear off your ^bbonds; and strangers will no longer ^cmake ¹them their slaves.

⁹‘But they shall be a slave to Yahweh their God and ^aDavid their king, whom I will raise up for them.

¹⁰‘^aFear not, O Jacob My ¹servant,’ declares Yahweh,

‘And do not be dismayed, O Israel;

For behold, I will save you ^bfrom afar

And your seed from the land of their captivity.

And Jacob will return and will be ^cquiet and at ease,

And ^dno one will make him tremble.

¹¹‘For ^aI am with you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘to save you;

For I will ^bmake a complete destruction of all the nations where I have scattered you,

Only I will ^cnot make a complete destruction of you.

But I will ^dchasten you justly

And will by no means leave you unpunished.’

¹²“For thus says Yahweh,

‘Your injury is incurable,

And your ^awound is desperately sick.

¹³‘There is no one to plead your cause;

No healing for your sore,

^aNo recovery for you.

¹⁴‘All your ^alovers have forgotten you;

They do not seek you;

For I have ^1bwounded you with the wound of an enemy,

With the ^cpunishment of a ^dcruel one,

Because your ^einiquity is numerous

And your ^fsins are mighty.

¹⁵‘Why do you cry out over your injury?

Your pain is incurable.

Because your iniquity is numerous

And your sins are mighty,

I have done these things to you.

¹⁶‘Therefore all who ^adevour you will be devoured;

And all your adversaries, every one of them, ^bwill go into captivity;

And those who take you as spoil will be spoil,

And all who plunder you I will give as plunder.

¹⁷‘For I will ¹restore you to ^2ahealth,

And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares Yahweh,

‘Because they have called you a ^bbanished one, saying:

“It is Zion; no one is seeking her.” ’

¹⁸“Thus says Yahweh,

‘Behold, I will ^1areturn the ²fortunes of the tents of Jacob

And ^bhave compassion on his dwelling places;

And the ^ccity will be rebuilt on its ruin,

And the ^dpalace will sit on its just place.

¹⁹‘From them will come forth ^athanksgiving

And the voice of those who ^1bcelebrate;

And I will ^cmultiply them, and they will not decrease;

I will also ^dhonor them, and they will not be insignificant.

²⁰‘¹Their children also will be as formerly,

And ²their congregation shall be ^aestablished before Me;

And I will punish all ³their oppressors.

²¹‘And ¹their ^amighty one shall be one of them,

And ²their ruler shall come forth from ³their midst;

And I will ^bbring Him near, and He shall approach Me;

For who would dare to give his heart as security to ^capproach Me?’ declares Yahweh.

²²‘You shall be ^aMy people,

And I will be your God.’”

²³Behold, the ^astorm of Yahweh!

Wrath has gone forth,

A ¹sweeping storm;

It will burst on the head of the wicked.

²⁴The ^aburning anger of Yahweh will not turn back

Until He has done and until He has established

The intent of His heart;

In the ^blast days you will understand this.