Jeremiah 30
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
2 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book for yourself all the words I have spoken to you.
3 For look, days are coming,” says the LORD, “when I will bring back my people Israel and Judah from captivity,” says the LORD. “I will bring them back to the land I gave their ancestors, and they will possess it.”
4 These are the words the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
5 For this is what the LORD says: “We hear a cry of terror, of dread, and not of peace.
6 Ask and look: Can a man give birth? Then why do I see every man with his hands on his hips, like a woman in labor, and every face turned pale?
7 Alas! How great that day is—there is none like it! It is a time of distress for Jacob, but he will be saved from it.
8 “On that day,” says the LORD of Armies, “I will break the yoke from your neck and snap your bonds. Foreigners will never again enslave you.
9 They will serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10 And you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid,” says the LORD, “and do not be dismayed, Israel. For I will save you from far away, and your descendants from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return and be at rest and secure, with no one to make him afraid.
11 For I am with you,” says the LORD, “to save you. I will completely destroy all the nations among which I scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you justly; I will certainly not leave you unpunished.
12 For this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wound is incurable; your injury is severe.’”
13 No one pleads your cause to heal your wound; you have no remedy to make it well.
14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you. For I struck you with an enemy’s blow, with cruel punishment, because your guilt is great and your sins are many.
15 Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain is incurable. Because your guilt is great and your sins are many, I have done these things to you.
16 Therefore all who devour you will be devoured, and all your enemies will go into captivity. Those who plunder you will be plundered, and I will hand over all who rob you to be robbed.
17 For I will bring healing to you and cure your wounds,” says the LORD, “because they called you an outcast: ‘It is Zion; no one seeks her.’”
18 This is what the LORD says: “Look, I will bring back the captives from Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. The city will be rebuilt on its mound, and the palace will stand in its proper place.
19 From them will come thanksgiving and the voices of those who celebrate. I will increase their numbers, and they will not diminish; I will honor them, and they will not be insignificant.
20 Their children will be as they were before, and their community will stand firm before me. I will punish all who oppress them.
21 Their leader will come from among them, and their ruler will arise from their midst. I will bring him near, and he will approach me. For who would dare risk his life to approach me?” says the LORD.
22 “You will be my people, and I will be your God.”
23 Look, the storm of the LORD, his fury, has gone out—a driving tempest that will whirl over the heads of the wicked.
24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has carried out and fulfilled the purposes of his heart. In days to come, you will understand this.
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