Chapter 30
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD , saying ,
2 " The LORD , the God of Israel , says , ‘ Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book .
3 For , behold , the days come ,’ says the LORD , ‘ that I will reverse the captivity of my people Israel and Judah ,’ says the LORD . ‘ I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it .’"
4 These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah .
5 For the LORD says : " We have heard a voice of trembling ; a voice of fear , and not of peace .
6 Ask now , and see whether a man travails with child . Why do I see every man with his hands on his waist , as a woman in travail , and all faces are turned pale ?
7 Alas , for that day is great , so that none is like it ! It is even the time of Jacob ’s trouble ; but he will be saved out of it .
8 It will come to pass in that day , says the LORD of Armies , that I will break his yoke from off your neck , and will burst your bonds . Strangers will no more make them their bondservants;
9 but they will serve the LORD their God , and David their king , whom I will raise up to them .
10 Therefore don’t be afraid , O Jacob my servant , says the LORD . Don’t be dismayed , Israel . For , behold , I will save you from afar , and save your offspring from the land of their captivity . Jacob will return , and will be quiet and at ease . No one will make him afraid .
11 For I am with you , says the LORD , to save you ; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you , but I will not make a full end of you ; but I will correct you in measure , and will in no way leave you unpunished ."
12 For the LORD says , " Your hurt is incurable . Your wound is grievous .
13 There is no one to plead your cause , that you may be bound up . You have no healing medicines .
14 All your lovers have forgotten you . They don’t seek you . For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one , for the greatness of your iniquity , because your sins were increased .
15 Why do you cry over your injury ? Your pain is incurable. For the greatness of your iniquity , because your sins have increased , I have done these things to you .
16 Therefore all those who devour you will be devoured. All your adversaries , everyone of them , will go into captivity . Those who plunder you will be plunder . I will make all who prey on you become prey.
17 For I will restore health to you , and I will heal you of your wounds ," says the LORD , " because they have called you an outcast , saying, ‘ It is Zion , whom no man seeks after .’"
18 The LORD says : " Behold , I will reverse the captivity of Jacob ’s tents , and have compassion on his dwelling places . The city will be built on its own hill, and the palace will be inhabited in its own place .
19 Thanksgiving will proceed out of them with the voice of those who make merry . I will multiply them , and they will not be few ; I will also glorify them , and they will not be small .
20 Their children also will be as before , and their congregation will be established before me . I will punish all who oppress them .
21 Their prince will be one of them , and their ruler will proceed from amongst them . I will cause him to draw near , and he will approach me ; for who is he who has had boldness to approach me ?" says the LORD .
22 " You shall be my people , and I will be your God.
23 Behold , the LORD ’s storm , his wrath , has gone out , a sweeping storm ; it will burst on the head of the wicked .
24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not return until he has accomplished , and until he has performed the intentions of his heart . In the latter days you will understand it ."