The Book of Jeremiah
30: 1The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, 30:2Thus speaketh
Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken
unto thee in a book. 30:3For, lo, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will turn again
the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah; and I will cause them
to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. 30:4And
these are the words that Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
30:5For thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of
peace. 30:6Ask 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? 30:7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is
even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. 30:8And it shall
come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from
off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their
bondman; 30:9but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I
will raise up unto them. 30:10Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith
Jehovah; 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 quiet and
at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 30:11For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to
save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered
thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee in measure, and
will in no wise leave thee unpunished. 30:12For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is
incurable, and thy wound grievous. 30:13There is none to plead thy cause, that thou
mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. 30:14All thy lovers have
forgotten thee; they seek thee not: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an
enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity,
because thy sins were increased. 30:15Why criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is
incurable: for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I
have done these things unto thee. 30:16Therefore all they that devour thee shall be
devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and
they that despoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a
prey. 30:17For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds,
saith Jehovah; because they have called thee an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom
no man seeketh after. 30:18Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will turn again the
captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the
city shall be builded upon its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its
own manner. 30:19And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them
that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also
glorify them, and they shall not be small. 30:20Their children also shall be as
aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will
punish all that oppress them. 30:21And their prince shall be of themselves, and their
ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and
he shall approach unto me: for who is he that hath had boldness to approach unto
me? saith Jehovah. 30:22And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
30:23Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, even his wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping
tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked. 30:24The fierce anger of Jehovah
shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of
his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it.