Jeremiah 30

Restoration of Israel and Judah

30The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, ²“Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying: ‘Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you. ³For behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that ^aI will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord. ^b‘And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’ ”

⁴Now these are the words that the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah.

⁵“For thus says the Lord:

‘We have heard a voice of trembling,

Of ¹fear, and not of peace.

⁶Ask now, and see,

Whether a ²man is ever in ³labor with child?

So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins

^cLike a woman in labor,

And all faces turned pale?

^7dAlas! For that day is great,

^eSo that none is like it;

And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble,

But he shall be saved out of it.

⁸‘For it shall come to pass in that day,’

Says the Lord of hosts,

‘That I will break his yoke from your neck,

And will burst your bonds;

Foreigners shall no more enslave them.

⁹But they shall serve the Lord their God,

And ^fDavid their king,

Whom I will ^graise up for them.

¹⁰‘Therefore ^hdo not fear, O My servant Jacob,’ says the Lord,

‘Nor be dismayed, O Israel;

For behold, I will save you from afar,

And your seed ⁱfrom the land of their captivity.

Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet,

And no one shall make him afraid.

¹¹For I am with ^jyou,’ says the Lord, ‘to save you;

^kThough I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you,

^lYet I will not make a complete end of you.

But I will correct you ^min justice,

And will not let you go altogether unpunished.’

¹²“For thus says the Lord:

ⁿ‘Your affliction is incurable,

Your wound is severe.

¹³There is no one to plead your cause,

That you may be bound up;

^oYou have no healing medicines.

^14pAll your lovers have forgotten you;

They do not seek you;

For I have wounded you with the wound ^qof an enemy,

With the chastisement ^rof a cruel one,

For the multitude of your iniquities,

^sBecause your sins have increased.

¹⁵Why ^tdo you cry about your affliction?

Your sorrow is incurable.

Because of the multitude of your iniquities,

Because your sins have increased,

I have done these things to you.

¹⁶‘Therefore all those who devour you ^ushall be devoured;

And all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into ^vcaptivity;

Those who plunder you shall become ^wplunder,

And all who prey upon you I will make a ^xprey.

^17yFor I will restore health to you

And heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord,

‘Because they called you an outcast saying:

“This is Zion;

No one seeks her.” ’

¹⁸“Thus says the Lord:

‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents,

And ^zhave mercy on his dwelling places;

The city shall be built upon its own ⁴mound,

And the palace shall remain according to its own plan.

¹⁹Then ^aout of them shall proceed thanksgiving

And the voice of those who make merry;

^bI will multiply them, and they shall not diminish;

I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

²⁰Their children also shall be ^cas before,

And their congregation shall be established before Me;

And I will punish all who oppress them.

²¹Their nobles shall be from among them,

^dAnd their governor shall come from their midst;

Then I will ^ecause him to draw near,

And he shall approach Me;

For who is this who pledged his heart to approach Me?’ says the Lord.

²²‘You shall be ^fMy people,

And I will be your God.’ ”

²³Behold, the ^gwhirlwind of the Lord—

Goes forth with fury,

A ⁵continuing whirlwind;

It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.

²⁴The fierce anger of the Lord will not return until He has done it,

And until He has performed the intents of His heart.

^hIn the latter days you will consider it.