“1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Thus
speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I
have spoken unto thee in a book. 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. 4 And these [are]
the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. 5
For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear,
and not of peace. 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? 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. 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: 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and
David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.”
“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. 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. 12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise [is]
incurable, [and] thy wound [is] grievous. 13 [There is] none to plead
thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
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. 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. 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. 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.”
“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. 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. 20
Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall
be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. 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. 22 And ye shall be my people, and I
will be your God. 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. 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.” (Jeremiah 30:1-24 AV)