Jeremiah 30

The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah , saying,

Thus speaketh Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

For, lo, the days come, saith Jehovah , that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah; 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 Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

For thus saith Jehovah: 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.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds ; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah ; 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 quiet and at ease , and none shall make him afraid.

For I am with thee, saith Jehovah , to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, but I will not make a full end of thee ; but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.

For thus saith Jehovah , Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound 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 greatness of thine iniquity , because thy sins were increased.

Why criest thou for thy hurt ? thy pain is incurable : for the greatness 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 despoil 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 Jehovah ; because they have called thee an outcast, ` saying ' , It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places ; and the city shall be builded upon its own hill , and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner.

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 prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is he that hath had boldness to approach unto me? saith Jehovah .

And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, `even his' wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping tempest : it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.

The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed , and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it.