Jeremiah 30

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, ² Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, ^aWrite thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. ³ For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that ^bI will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and ^cI will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

⁴ And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. ⁵ For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. ⁶ Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? ⁷ Alas! ^efor that day is great, ^dso that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. ⁸ For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: ⁹ But they shall serve the LORD their God, and ^fDavid their king, whom I will ^graise up unto them.

¹⁰ Therefore ^hfear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. ¹¹ For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: ⁱthough I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, ^jyet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee ^kin measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. ¹² For thus saith the LORD, ^lThy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. ¹³ There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. ^{14 m}All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound ⁿof an enemy, with the chastisement ^oof a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; ^pbecause thy sins were increased. ¹⁵ Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. ¹⁶ Therefore all they that devour thee ^qshall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. ^{17 r}For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

¹⁸ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and ^shave mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. ¹⁹ And ^tout of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: ^uand I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. ²⁰ Their children also shall ^vbe as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. ²¹ And their nobles shall be of themselves, ^wand their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will ^xcause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. ²² And ye shall be ^ymy people, and I will be your God. ²³ Behold, the ^zwhirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. ²⁴ The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.

Jeremiah 31