Old Testament · Prophets

Jeremiah chapter 30

This is the that came to Jeremiah from :This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: “Write down everything I’ve told you in a .”“Because the days are coming” — this is Yahweh’s — “when I will of my people Israel and Judah. I will bring them back to the land I gave their ancestors, and they will take possession of it again.”These are the words Yahweh spoke about Israel and Judah.This is what Yahweh says: “We have heard a cry of — terror, not .”“Ask this and think about it: Can a man go through ? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman giving birth, every face ?”“What a terrible day that will be! There is nothing like it. It will be a time of for — but he will be pulled out of it.”“On that day” — this is the declaration of Yahweh, — “I will shatter the from their neck and snap their chains. Foreigners will never enslave them again.”“Instead, they will serve Yahweh their God and , whom I will for them.”“So don’t be afraid, Jacob, ” — this is Yahweh’s declaration. “Don’t be shattered, Israel. Because I am going to you from far away, your descendants from the land where they’re held captive. Jacob will come back and be , secure, with no one to make him afraid.”“Because I am with you” — this is Yahweh’s declaration — “to rescue you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you, but you — I will not completely destroy. I will you with , but I certainly won’t leave you unpunished.”This is what Yahweh says: “Your is beyond healing, your injury is .”“No one steps up to . For your infected wound, there is no , no healing for you.”“All your have forgotten you; they don’t look for you anymore. I struck you the way an enemy would, with cruel discipline, because your was so enormous and your so many.”“Why do you cry out about your wound? Your pain has no cure. I did this to you because your guilt was so enormous and your failures so many.”“But — everyone who you will be devoured. Every one of your enemies, all of them, will go into captivity. Those who plunder you will be plundered, and everyone who loots you — I will give them over to be looted.”“Because I will restore your health and your wounds” — this is Yahweh’s declaration — “even though they called you ‘,’ ‘Zion that nobody cares about.’”This is what Yahweh says: “I am going to restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and show on his homes. The city will be rebuilt on its , and the fortress will stand where it should.”“Songs of will pour out from them, the sound of celebration. I will make them many — they won’t be few. I will honor them — they won’t be insignificant.”“Their children will be like they were in the old days, their established and secure before me. I will punish everyone who oppresses them.”“Their will be one of their own; their ruler will rise from among them. I will bring him close, and he will — because who would to approach me on their own?” — this is Yahweh’s declaration.“You will be , and I will be your God.”Look — a from Yahweh! has gone out, a driving storm that will burst on the heads of the wicked.Yahweh’s will not turn back until he has finished — until he has accomplished . In the days to come, you will .