Jeremiah 30
1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying * ,
2. Thus speaketh * the LORD God of Israel, saying * , Write * thee all the words that I have spoken * unto thee in a book.
3. For, lo, the days come * , saith * the LORD, that I will bring again * the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith * the LORD: and I 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 ! 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.
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 David their king, whom I will raise up * unto them.
10. Therefore fear * 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: though I make * a full end of all nations whither I have scattered * thee, yet will I not make * a full end of thee: but I will correct * thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether * unpunished * .
12. For thus saith * the LORD, Thy 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. All 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 multitude of thine iniquity; because 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 shall 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. 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 have 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 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 * .
20. Their children also shall be 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, and their governor * shall proceed * from the midst of them; and I will cause 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 my people, and I will be your God.
23. Behold, the whirlwind 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.
