30:1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
30:2 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.
30:3 The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their forefathers to possess,’ says the LORD.”
30:4 These are the words the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
30:5 “This is what the LORD says: “‘Cries of fear are heard–terror, not peace.
30:6 Ask and see: Can a man bear children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, every face turned deathly pale?
30:7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.
30:8 “‘ In that day,’ declares the LORD Almighty, ‘I will break the yoke off their necks and will tear off their bonds; no longer will foreigners enslave them.
30:9 Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
30:10 “‘So do not fear, O Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, O Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.
30:11 I am with you and will save you,’ declares the LORD. ‘Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only with justice; I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’
30:12 “This is what the LORD says: “‘Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing.
30:13 There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you.
30:14 All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. I have struck you as an enemy would and punished you as would the cruel, because your guilt is so great and your sins so many.
30:15 Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you.
30:16 “‘But all who devour you will be devoured; all your enemies will go into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered; all who make spoil of you I will despoil.
30:17 But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the LORD, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’
30:18 “This is what the LORD says: “‘I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings; the city will be rebuilt on her ruins, and the palace will stand in its proper place.
30:19 From them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. I will add to their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I will bring them honor, and they will not be disdained.
30:20 Their children will be as in days of old, and their community will be established before me; I will punish all who oppress them.
30:21 Their leader will be one of their own; their ruler will arise from among them. I will bring him near and he will come close to me, for who is he who will devote himself to be close to me?’ declares the LORD.
30:22 “‘So you will be my people, and I will be your God.’”
30:23 See, the storm of the LORD will burst out in wrath, a driving wind swirling down on the heads of the wicked.
30:24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart. In days to come you will understand this.
30:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
30:2 Thus speaks Jehovah the God of Israel, saying, Write in a book all the words which I have spoken to you.
30:3 Yes indeed, days are coming, declares Jehovah, when I will turn the captivity of My people Israel and Judah, says Jehovah, and I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.
30:4 And these are the words which Jehovah spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah:
30:5 For thus says Jehovah, / We have heard a voice of trembling, / Of fear and not of peace.
30:6 Ask now and see / Whether a man can give birth. / Why do I see every man / With his hands on his loins like a woman about to give birth / And every face turned pale?
30:7 Alas! For that day is great, / And there is none like it; / And it is a time of distress for Jacob, / But he will be saved out of it.
30:8 And on that day, declares Jehovah of hosts, I will break his yoke from your neck and tear off your bonds, and strangers will no longer make him serve them.
30:9 But they will serve Jehovah their God and David their King, whom I will raise up for them.
30:10 Therefore do not fear, O Jacob My servant, declares Jehovah, / And do not be dismayed, O Israel; / For indeed, I will save you from afar, / And your seed from the land of their captivity; / And Jacob will return and be undisturbed and at ease, / And no one will frighten him.
30:11 For I am with you, declares Jehovah, to save you; / For I will make a full end of all the nations to which I have scattered you; / But I will not make a full end of you, / But will correct you in measure / And will by no means leave you unpunished.
30:12 For thus says Jehovah, / Your hurt is incurable; / Your wound is grievous.
30:13 There is none to judge your judgment, to bind your wound; / There are no healing medicines for you.
30:14 All your lovers have forgotten you; / They do not search for you; / For I have struck you with the striking of an enemy, / With the chastisement of one who is cruel, / Because of the greatness of your iniquity; / Your sins are numerous.
30:15 Why do you cry out over your hurt? / Your pain is incurable. / Because of the greatness of your iniquity, / Because your sins are numerous, / I have done these things to you.
30:16 Therefore all those who consume you will be consumed, / And all those who distress you, every one of them, will go into captivity; / And those who plunder you will become plunder, / And all those who prey on you I will make a prey.
30:17 For I will bring you recovery / And will heal you of your wounds, declares Jehovah; / Because they have called you an outcast, saying, / She is Zion, whom no one searches after.
30:18 Thus says Jehovah, / I will turn the captivity of the tents of Jacob / And have compassion on his dwelling places; / And the city will be rebuilt on its mound, / And the palace will be inhabited after its own manner.
30:19 And out from them will come thanksgiving / And the voice of those who make merry. / And I will multiply them, so that they will not be few; / And I will cause them to be honored, so that they will not be small.
30:20 And their children will be as they were of old, / And their assembly will be established before Me; / And I will punish all those who oppress them,
30:21 And their leader will be one of them. / And their ruler will come out from their midst, / And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me. / For who else would be bold enough / To approach Me? declares Jehovah.
30:22 And you will be My people, / And I will be your God.
30:23 Look, the storm wind of Jehovah! / Wrath has gone forth, / A whirling tempest; / It will whirl down on the head of the wicked.
30:24 The burning anger of Jehovah will not turn back, / Until He has executed and until He has accomplished / The purposes of His heart; / In the last days / You will understand it.