Jeremiah 30:10–17

¹⁰“ ‘So do not be afraid,^s Jacob my servant;^t

do not be dismayed, Israel,’

declares the Lord.

‘I will surely save^u you out of a distant place,

your descendants from the land of their exile.

Jacob will again have peace and security,^v

and no one will make him afraid.^w

¹¹I am with you^x and will save you,’

declares the Lord.

‘Though I completely destroy all the nations

among which I scatter you,

I will not completely destroy^y you.

I will discipline^z you but only in due measure;

I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’^a

¹²“This is what the Lord says:

“ ‘Your wound^b is incurable,

your injury beyond healing.^c

¹³There is no one to plead your cause,^d

no remedy for your sore,

no healing^e for you.

¹⁴All your allies^f have forgotten you;

they care nothing for you.

I have struck you as an enemy^g would

and punished you as would the cruel,^h

because your guilt is so great

and your sinsⁱ so many.

¹⁵Why do you cry out over your wound,

your pain that has no cure?^j

Because of your great guilt and many sins

I have done these things to you.^k

¹⁶“ ‘But all who devour^l you will be devoured;

all your enemies will go into exile.^m

Those who plunderⁿ you will be plundered;

all who make spoil of you I will despoil.

¹⁷But I will restore you to health

and heal^o your wounds,’

declares the Lord,

‘because you are called an outcast,^p

Zion for whom no one cares.’^q