Chapter 30.
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord God
of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a
book.
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.
And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning
Judah.
For thus saith the Lord, We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of
peace.
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?
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.
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.
But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their King, whom I will raise up
unto them.
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.
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.
For thus, saith the Lord, thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up.
Thou hast no healing medicines.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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 builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after
the manor thereof.
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.
Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be
established before me.
And I will punish all that oppress them.
And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the
midst of them.
And I will cause them to draw near, and he shall approach unto me.
For who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me, saith the Lord?
And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind.
It shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until ye have done it,
and until ye have performed the intents of his heart, in the latter days ye shall
consider it.