Jeremiah 30
New International Version - Jeremiah 30 << | >> 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152 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.