Jeremiah 30
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Israel’s Glorious Future
1The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah. He said, 2“This is what the Lord God of Israel says: Write in a book everything that I tell you. 3The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity. I will bring them back to the land that I gave their ancestors, and they will take possession of it.”
4This is the message that the Lord spoke about Israel and Judah: 5“This is what the Lord says:
“We hear cries of fear, cries of panic, not cries of peace.
6Ask now, and see: Can a man give birth to a child?
Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain
like a woman giving birth to a child?
Why has every face turned pale?
7How terrible that day will be!
There will be no other day like it.
It will be a time of calamity for the descendants of Jacob,
but they will be rescued from it.
8“On that day,” declares the Lord of Armies, “I will break the yokes #30:8 A yoke is a wooden bar placed over the necks of work animals so that they can pull plows or carts. off your necks and tear off your ropes. Foreigners will no longer make you serve them. 9You will serve the Lord your God and David your king. I will establish him for you.
10“Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob,” declares the Lord.
“Don’t be terrified, Israel.
I’m going to rescue you from a faraway place.
I’m going to rescue your descendants from where they are captives.
The descendants of Jacob will again have peace and security,
and no one will frighten them.
11I am with you, and I will rescue you,” declares the Lord.
“I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you,
but I will not completely destroy you.
I will correct you with justice.
I won’t let you go entirely unpunished.
12“This is what the Lord says:
Your wound is incurable.
Your injury is beyond healing.
13No one argues that you should be healed.
No medicine will heal you.
14All your lovers have forgotten you,
and they don’t want you anymore.
I’ve punished you as an enemy would.
I’ve corrected you as a cruel person would.
You are very wicked, and you have many sins.
15Why do you cry about your wound, your injury that can’t be cured?
I’ve done this to you.
You are very wicked, and you have many sins.
16That is why everyone who devours you will be devoured,
and all your enemies will be taken away as captives.
Those who looted you will be looted.
Those who stole from you in war will have things stolen from them.
17I’ll restore your health and heal your wounds,” declares the Lord.
“People call you an outcast:
Zion, no one cares for you.
18“This is what the Lord says:
I’m going to bring the captives back to Jacob’s tents
and show compassion on their homes.
Cities will be built on the ruins,
and fortified palaces will be built in their rightful place.
19The people who live there will sing songs of praise,
and the sound of laughter will be heard from there.
I’ll make them numerous, and their number won’t decrease.
I’ll bring them honor, and they won’t be considered unimportant.
20Their children will be like they were long ago.
Their community will be established in my presence,
and I will punish everyone who oppresses them.
21Their leader will be someone from their own people.
Their ruler will come from among them.
I’ll bring him near, and he will come close to me.
Who would dare to come near me?” asks the Lord.
22You will be my people, and I will be your God.
23The storm of the Lord will come with his anger.
Like a driving wind, it will swirl down on the heads of the wicked.
24The Lord’s burning anger will not turn back
until he has done everything he intends to do.
In the last days you will understand this clearly.
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Jeremiah 30
30
Restoration of Israel and Judah
1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2“Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying: ‘Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you. 3For behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that #Ps. 53:6; Jer. 29:14; 30:18; 32:44; Ezek. 39:25; Amos 9:14; Zeph. 3:20I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord. #Jer. 16:15; Ezek. 20:42; 36:24‘And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’ ”
4Now these are the words that the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
5“For thus says the Lord:
‘We have heard a voice of trembling,
Of fear, and not of peace.
6Ask now, and see,
Whether a man is ever in labor with child?
So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins
#Jer. 4:31; 6:24Like a woman in labor,
And all faces turned pale?
7#(Is. 2:12); Hos. 1:11; Joel 2:11; Amos 5:18; Zeph. 1:14Alas! For that day is great,
#Lam. 1:12; Dan. 9:12; 12:1So that none is like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble,
But he shall be saved out of it.
8‘For it shall come to pass in that day,’
Says the Lord of hosts,
‘That I will break his yoke from your neck,
And will burst your bonds;
Foreigners shall no more enslave them.
9But they shall serve the Lord their God,
And #Is. 55:3; Ezek. 34:23; 37:24; Hos. 3:5David their king,
Whom I will #(Luke 1:69; Acts 2:30; 13:23)raise up for them.
10‘Therefore #Is. 41:13; 43:5; 44:2; Jer. 46:27, 28do not fear, O My servant Jacob,’ says the Lord,
‘Nor be dismayed, O Israel;
For behold, I will save you from afar,
And your seed #Jer. 3:18from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet,
And no one shall make him afraid.
11For I am with #(Is. 43:2–5)you,’ says the Lord, ‘to save you;
#Amos 9:8Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you,
#Jer. 4:27; 46:27, 28Yet I will not make a complete end of you.
But I will correct you #Ps. 6:1; Is. 27:8; Jer. 10:24; 46:28in justice,
And will not let you go altogether unpunished.’
12“For thus says the Lord:
#2 Chr. 36:16; Jer. 15:18‘Your affliction is incurable,
Your wound is severe.
13There is no one to plead your cause,
That you may be bound up;
#Jer. 8:22You have no healing medicines.
14#Jer. 22:20, 22; Lam. 1:2All your lovers have forgotten you;
They do not seek you;
For I have wounded you with the wound #Job 13:24; 16:9; 19:11of an enemy,
With the chastisement #Job 30:21of a cruel one,
For the multitude of your iniquities,
#Jer. 5:6Because your sins have increased.
15Why #Jer. 15:18do you cry about your affliction?
Your sorrow is incurable.
Because of the multitude of your iniquities,
Because your sins have increased,
I have done these things to you.
16‘Therefore all those who devour you #Ex. 23:22; Is. 41:11; Jer. 10:25shall be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into #Is. 14:2; Joel 3:8captivity;
Those who plunder you shall become #Is. 33:1; Ezek. 39:10plunder,
And all who prey upon you I will make a #Jer. 2:3prey.
17#Ex. 15:26; Ps. 107:20; Is. 30:26; Jer. 33:6For I will restore health to you
And heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord,
‘Because they called you an outcast saying:
“This is Zion;
No one seeks her.” ’
18“Thus says the Lord:
‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents,
And #Ps. 102:13have mercy on his dwelling places;
The city shall be built upon its own mound,
And the palace shall remain according to its own plan.
19Then #Ps. 126:1, 2; Is. 51:11; Jer. 31:4; Zeph. 3:14out of them shall proceed thanksgiving
And the voice of those who make merry;
#Is. 49:19–21; Jer. 23:3; 33:22; Zech. 10:8I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish;
I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
20Their children also shall be #Is. 1:26as before,
And their congregation shall be established before Me;
And I will punish all who oppress them.
21Their nobles shall be from among them,
#Gen. 49:10And their governor shall come from their midst;
Then I will #Num. 16:5; Ps. 65:4cause him to draw near,
And he shall approach Me;
For who is this who pledged his heart to approach Me?’ says the Lord.
22‘You shall be #Ex. 6:7; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 36:28; Hos. 2:23; Zech. 13:9My people,
And I will be your God.’ ”
23Behold, the #Jer. 23:19, 20; 25:32whirlwind of the Lord
Goes forth with fury,
A continuing whirlwind;
It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.
24The fierce anger of the Lord will not return until He has done it,
And until He has performed the intents of His heart.
#Gen. 49:1In the latter days you will consider it.
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