Jeremiah
30:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
30:2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words
that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
30:3 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.
30:4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and
concerning Judah.
30:5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear,
and not of peace.
30:6 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?
30:7 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.
30:8 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:
30:9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I
will raise up unto them.
30:10 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.
30:11 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.
30:12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is
grievous.
30:13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou
hast no healing medicines.
30:14 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.
30:15 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.
30:16 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.
30:17 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.
30:18 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.
30:19 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.
30:20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall
be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
30:21 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.
30:22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
30:23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing
whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
30:24 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.
