Jeremiah 30:10–17

¹⁰“So people of Jacob, my servants, don’t be afraid.

Israel, don’t be frightened,” says the Lord.

“I will soon save you from that faraway place where you are captives.

I will save your family from that land.

The people of Jacob will be safe and have peace again;

there will be no enemy to frighten them.

¹¹I am with you and will save you,”

says the Lord.

“I will completely destroy all those nations

where I scattered you,

but I will not completely destroy you.

I will punish you fairly,

but I will still punish you.”

¹²This is what the Lord said:

“You people have a wound that cannot be cured;

your injury will not heal.

¹³There is no one to argue your case

and no cure for your sores.

So you will not be healed.

¹⁴All those nations who were your friends have forgotten you.

They don’t care about you.

I have hurt you as an enemy would.

I punished you very hard,

because your guilt was so great

and your sins were so many.

¹⁵Why are you crying out about your injury?

There is no cure for your pain.

I did these things to you because of your great guilt,

because of your many sins.

¹⁶But all those nations that destroyed you will now be destroyed.

All your enemies will become captives in other lands.

Those who stole from you will have their own things stolen.

Those who took things from you in war will have their own things taken.

¹⁷I will bring back your health

and heal your injuries,” says the Lord,

“because other people forced you away.

They said about you, ‘No one cares about Jerusalem!’ ”