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Jer 30:1 The word that came
to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
Jer 30:2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the
words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
Jer 30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again
the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will
cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they
shall possess it.
Jer 30:4 And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and
concerning Judah.
Jer 30:5 For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of
fear, and not of peace.
Jer 30:6 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?
Jer 30:7 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.
Jer 30:8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts,
that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds,
and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
Jer 30:9 But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king,
whom I will raise up unto them.
Jer 30:10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord;
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 in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
Jer 30:11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make
a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not
make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not
leave thee altogether unpunished.
Jer 30:12 For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound
is grievous.
Jer 30:13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up:
thou hast no healing medicines.
Jer 30:14 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 multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were
increased.
Jer 30:15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable
for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I
have done these things unto thee.
Jer 30:16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all
thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they
that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give
for a prey.
Jer 30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy
wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This
is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Jer 30:18 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of
Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be
builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner
thereof.
Jer 30:19 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.
Jer 30:20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their
congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that
oppress them.
Jer 30:21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor
shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near,
and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to
approach unto me? saith the Lord.
Jer 30:22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Jer 30:23 Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a
continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
Jer 30:24 The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have
done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the
latter days ye shall consider it. |