Jeremiah 30:10–17

¹⁰“Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, says the Lord,

nor be dismayed, O Israel;

for lo, I will save you from afar,

and your offspring from the land of their captivity.

Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,

and none shall make him afraid.

¹¹For I am with you to save you,

says the Lord;

I will make a full end of all the nations

among whom I scattered you,

but of you I will not make a full end.

I will chasten you in just measure,

and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

¹²“For thus says the Lord:

Your hurt is incurable,

and your wound is grievous.

¹³There is none to uphold your cause,

no medicine for your wound,

no healing for you.

¹⁴All your lovers have forgotten you;

they care nothing for you;

for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy,

the punishment of a merciless foe,

because your guilt is great,

because your sins are flagrant.

¹⁵Why do you cry out over your hurt?

Your pain is incurable.

Because your guilt is great,

because your sins are flagrant,

I have done these things to you.

¹⁶Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,

and all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity;

those who despoil you shall become a spoil,

and all who prey on you I will make a prey.

¹⁷For I will restore health to you,

and your wounds I will heal,

says the Lord,

because they have called you an outcast:

‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’