Jeremiah 30

Chapter 30

Deliverance from Captivity Promised

¹The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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

³‘For behold, ^adays are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will ^brestore the ¹fortunes of My people ^cIsrael and Judah.’ The Lord says, ‘I will also ^dbring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it.’ ”

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

⁵“For thus says the Lord,

‘¹I have heard a sound of ^aterror,

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‘It shall come about on that day,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘that I will ^abreak his yoke from off ¹their neck and will tear off their ^bbonds; and strangers will no longer ^cmake ²them their slaves.

⁹‘But they shall serve the Lord their God and ^aDavid their king, whom I will raise up for them.

¹⁰‘^aFear not, O Jacob My servant,’ declares the Lord,

‘And do not be dismayed, O Israel;

For behold, I will save you ^bfrom afar

And your ¹offspring from the land of their captivity.

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

And ^dno one will make him afraid.

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

For I will ^bdestroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you,

Only I will ^cnot destroy you completely.

But I will ^dchasten you justly

And will by no means leave you unpunished.’

¹²“For thus says the Lord,

‘Your wound is incurable

And your ^ainjury is serious.

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 ^bwounded you with the wound of an enemy,

With the ^cpunishment of a ^dcruel one,

Because your ^einiquity is great

And your ^fsins are numerous.

¹⁵‘Why do you cry out over your injury?

Your pain is incurable.

Because your iniquity is great

And your sins are numerous,

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 plunder you will be for plunder,

And all who prey upon you I will give for prey.

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

And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares the Lord,

‘Because they have called you an ^boutcast, saying:

“It is Zion; no one ³cares for her.” ’

Restoration of Jacob

¹⁸“Thus says the Lord,

‘Behold, I will ^arestore the ¹fortunes 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 stand on its rightful place.

¹⁹‘From them will proceed ^athanksgiving

And the voice of those who ^1bcelebrate;

And I will ^cmultiply them and they will not be diminished;

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 their oppressors.

²¹‘¹Their ^aleader shall be one of them,

And their ruler shall come forth from their midst;

And I will ^bbring him near and he shall approach Me;

For ²who would dare to risk his life to ^capproach Me?’ declares the Lord.

²²‘You shall be ^aMy people,

And I will be your God.’ ”

²³Behold, the ^atempest of the Lord!

Wrath has gone forth,

A ¹sweeping tempest;

It will burst on the head of the wicked.

²⁴The ^afierce anger of the Lord will not turn back

Until He has performed and until He has accomplished

The intent of His heart;

In the ^blatter days you will understand this.