Jeremiah 30:10–17

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.” ’