Liberation from Captivity Promised
30 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘(A)Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book. 3 For behold, (B)days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will (C)restore the fortunes of My people (D)Israel and Judah.’ The Lord says, ‘I will also (E)bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers, and they shall take possession of it.’”
4 Now these are the words which the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
5 “For this is what the Lord says:
‘I have heard a sound of (F)terror,
Of fear, and there is no peace.
6 Ask now, and see
If a male can give birth.
Why do I see every man
With his hands on his waist, (G)as a woman in childbirth?
And why have all faces turned pale?
7 Woe, for that (H)day is great,
There is (I)none like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s (J)distress,
Yet he will be (K)saved from it.
8 ‘It shall come about on that day,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘that I will (L)break his yoke from their necks and will tear to pieces their (M)restraints; and strangers will no longer (N)make them their slaves. 9 But they shall serve the Lord their God and (O)David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10 And (P)do not fear, Jacob My servant,’ declares the Lord,
‘And do not be dismayed, Israel;
For behold, I am going to save you (Q)from far away,
And your descendants from the land of their captivity.
And Jacob will return and be (R)at peace, without anxiety,
And (S)no one will make him afraid.
11 For (T)I am with you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to save you;
For I will completely (U)destroy all the nations where I have scattered you,
Only I will (V)not destroy you completely.
But I will (W)discipline you fairly
And will by no means leave you unpunished.’
12 “For this is what the Lord says:
‘Your broken limb is irreparable,
And your (X)wound is incurable.
13 There is no one to plead your cause;
No healing for your sore,
(Y)No recovery for you.
14 All your (Z)lovers have forgotten you,
They do not seek you;
For I have (AA)wounded you with the wound of an enemy,
With the (AB)punishment of a (AC)cruel one,
Because your (AD)wrongdoing is great,
And your (AE)sins are numerous.
15 Why do you cry out over your injury?
Your pain is incurable.
Because your wrongdoing is great
And your sins are numerous,
I have done these things to you.
16 Therefore all who (AF)devour you will be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, (AG)will go into captivity;
And those who plunder you will become plunder,
And all who plunder you I will turn into plunder.
17 For I will restore you to (AH)health
And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares the Lord,
‘Because they have called you an (AI)outcast, saying:
“It is Zion; no one cares for her.”’
Restoration of Jacob
18 “This is what the Lord says:
‘Behold, I will (AJ)restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
And (AK)have compassion on his dwellings;
And the (AL)city will be rebuilt on its ruins,
And the (AM)palace will stand on its rightful place.
19 From them will come a (AN)song of thanksgiving
And the voices of those who (AO)celebrate;
And I will (AP)multiply them and they will not decrease;
I will (AQ)honor them and they will not be insignificant.
20 Their children also will be as before,
And their congregation will be (AR)established before Me;
And I will punish all their oppressors.
21 Their (AS)leader shall be one of them,
And their ruler will come out from their midst;
And I will (AT)bring him near and he shall approach Me;
For who would dare to risk his life to (AU)approach Me?’ declares the Lord.
22 ‘You shall be (AV)My people,
And I will be your God.’”
23 Behold, the (AW)tempest of the Lord!
Wrath has gone forth,
A sweeping tempest;
It will whirl upon the head of the wicked.
24 The (AX)fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back
Until He has performed and accomplished
The intent of His heart.
In the (AY)latter days you will understand this.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 30:5
- Jeremiah 30:8
- Jeremiah 30:8
- Jeremiah 30:8
- Jeremiah 30:10
- Jeremiah 30:17
- Jeremiah 30:17
- Jeremiah 30:17
- Jeremiah 30:19
- Jeremiah 30:20
- Jeremiah 30:20
- Jeremiah 30:20
- Jeremiah 30:21
- Jeremiah 30:21
- Jeremiah 30:21
- Jeremiah 30:21
- Jeremiah 30:23
Cross references
- Jeremiah 30:2 : Is 30:8; Jer 25:13; 36:4, 28, 32; Hab 2:2
- Jeremiah 30:3 : Jer 29:10
- Jeremiah 30:3 : Ps 53:6; Jer 29:14; 30:18; 32:44; Ezek 39:25; Amos 9:14; Zeph 3:20
- Jeremiah 30:3 : Jer 3:18
- Jeremiah 30:3 : Jer 16:15; 23:7, 8; Ezek 20:42; 36:24
- Jeremiah 30:5 : Is 5:30; Jer 6:25; 8:16; Amos 5:16-18
- Jeremiah 30:6 : Jer 4:31; 6:24; 22:23
- Jeremiah 30:7 : Is 2:12; Hos 1:11; Joel 2:11; Amos 5:18; Zeph 1:14
- Jeremiah 30:7 : Lam 1:12; Dan 9:12; 12:1
- Jeremiah 30:7 : Jer 2:27, 28; 14:8
- Jeremiah 30:7 : Jer 30:10; 50:19
- Jeremiah 30:8 : Is 9:4; Jer 2:20; Ezek 34:27
- Jeremiah 30:8 : Jer 27:2
- Jeremiah 30:8 : Ezek 34:27
- Jeremiah 30:9 : Is 55:3-5; Ezek 34:23, 24; 37:24, 25; Hos 3:5; Luke 1:69; Acts 2:30; 13:23, 34
- Jeremiah 30:10 : Is 41:13; 43:5; 44:2; Jer 46:27, 28
- Jeremiah 30:10 : Is 60:4; Jer 23:3, 8; 29:14
- Jeremiah 30:10 : Is 35:9; Jer 33:16; Hos 2:18
- Jeremiah 30:10 : Mic 4:4
- Jeremiah 30:11 : Jer 1:8, 19
- Jeremiah 30:11 : Jer 46:28; Amos 9:8
- Jeremiah 30:11 : Jer 4:27; 5:10, 18
- Jeremiah 30:11 : Ps 6:1; Jer 10:24
- Jeremiah 30:12 : 2 Chr 36:16; Jer 15:18; 30:15
- Jeremiah 30:13 : Jer 14:19; 46:11
- Jeremiah 30:14 : Jer 22:20, 22; Lam 1:2
- Jeremiah 30:14 : Lam 2:4, 5
- Jeremiah 30:14 : Job 30:21
- Jeremiah 30:14 : Jer 6:23; 50:42
- Jeremiah 30:14 : Jer 32:30-35; 44:22
- Jeremiah 30:14 : Jer 5:6
- Jeremiah 30:16 : Jer 2:3; 8:16; 10:25
- Jeremiah 30:16 : Is 14:2; Joel 3:8
- Jeremiah 30:17 : Ex 15:26; Ps 107:20; Is 30:26; Jer 8:22; 33:6
- Jeremiah 30:17 : Is 11:12; 56:8; Jer 33:24
- Jeremiah 30:18 : Jer 30:3; 31:23
- Jeremiah 30:18 : Ps 102:13
- Jeremiah 30:18 : Jer 31:4, 38-40
- Jeremiah 30:18 : 1 Chr 29:1, 19; Ps 48:3, 13; 122:7
- Jeremiah 30:19 : Is 12:1; 35:10; 51:3; Jer 17:26; 33:11
- Jeremiah 30:19 : Ps 126:1, 2; Is 51:11; Jer 31:4; Zeph 3:14
- Jeremiah 30:19 : Jer 33:22
- Jeremiah 30:19 : Is 55:5; 60:9
- Jeremiah 30:20 : Is 54:14
- Jeremiah 30:21 : Jer 30:9; Ezek 34:23, 24; 37:24
- Jeremiah 30:21 : Num 16:5; Ps 65:4
- Jeremiah 30:21 : Ex 3:5; Jer 50:44
- Jeremiah 30:22 : Ex 6:7; Jer 32:38; Ezek 36:28; Hos 2:23; Zech 13:9
- Jeremiah 30:23 : Jer 23:19
- Jeremiah 30:24 : Jer 4:8
- Jeremiah 30:24 : Jer 23:20
