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Jeremiah 30 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Restoration for Israel and Judah

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:2 - “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:3 - For behold, days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel and Judah, says the LORD, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:4 - These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:5 - “Thus says the LORD:
We have heard a cry of panic,
of terror, and no peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6 - Ask now, and see,
can a man bear a child?
Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor?
Why has every face turned pale?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7 - Alas! That day is so great
there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
yet he shall be saved out of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:8 - “And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and I will burst your bonds, and foreigners shall no more make a servant of him.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:9 - But they shall serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:10 - “Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD,
nor be dismayed, O Israel;
for behold, I will save you from far away,
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and none shall make him afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - For I am with you to save you,
declares the LORD;
I will make a full end of all the nations
among whom I scattered you,
but of you I will not make a full end.
I will discipline you in just measure,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:12 - “For thus says the LORD:
Your hurt is incurable,
and your wound is grievous.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:13 - There is none to uphold your cause,
no medicine for your wound,
no healing for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:14 - All your lovers have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy,
the punishment of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
because your sins are flagrant.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:15 - Why do you cry out over your hurt?
Your pain is incurable.
Because your guilt is great,
because your sins are flagrant,
I have done these things to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:16 - Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,
and all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity;
those who plunder you shall be plundered,
and all who prey on you I will make a prey.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:17 - For I will restore health to you,
and your wounds I will heal,
declares the LORD,
because they have called you an outcast:
‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 - “Thus says the LORD:
Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city shall be rebuilt on its mound,
and the palace shall stand where it used to be.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,
and the voices of those who celebrate.
I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:20 - Their children shall be as they were of old,
and their congregation shall be established before me,
and I will punish all who oppress them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21 - Their prince shall be one of themselves;
their ruler shall come out from their midst;
I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,
for who would dare of himself to approach me?
declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:22 - And you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:23 - Behold the storm of the LORD!
Wrath has gone forth,
a whirling tempest;
it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:24 - The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back
until he has executed and accomplished
the intentions of his mind.
In the latter days you will understand this.
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