30:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
30:2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write for
thee all the words that I have spoken to 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 spoke 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?
Why 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 bring him into
subjection:
30:9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their
king, whom I will raise up to 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 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
chastisements of a cruel one, for the multitude of thy
iniquity; [because] thy sins were increased.
30:15 Why criest thou for thy affliction? thy sorrow [is]
incurable for the multitude of thy iniquity: [because] thy sins
were increased, I have done these things to thee.
30:16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and
all thy adversaries, every one of them shall go into captivity;
and they that plunder thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey
upon thee will I give for a prey.
30:17 For I will restore health to 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 dwelling
places; and the city shall be built upon her own heap, and the
palace shall remain after its manner.
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 in former time, and their
congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish
all that oppress them.
30:21 And their nobles shall be from themselves, and their
governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause
him to draw near, and he shall approach time: for who [is] this
that engaged his heart to approach to 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
hath done [it], and until he hath performed the intents of his
heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
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