Jeremiah 30:12-24

New International Version

“‘Your wound^(A) is incurable,
    your injury beyond healing.^(B)
13 There is no one to plead your cause,^(C)
    no remedy for your sore,
    no healing^(D) for you.
¹⁴ All your allies^(E) have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy^(F) would
    and punished you as would the cruel,^(G)
because your guilt is so great
    and your sins^(H) so many.
¹⁵ Why do you cry out over your wound,
    your pain that has no cure?^(I)
Because of your great guilt and many sins
    I have done these things to you.^(J)

¹⁶ “‘But all who devour^(K) you will be devoured;
    all your enemies will go into exile.^(L)
Those who plunder^(M) you will be plundered;
    all who make spoil of you I will despoil.
¹⁷ But I will restore you to health
    and heal^(N) your wounds,’
declares the Lord,
‘because you are called an outcast,^(O)
    Zion for whom no one cares.’^(P)

“‘I will restore the fortunes^(Q) of Jacob’s tents^(R)
    and have compassion^(S) on his dwellings;
the city will be rebuilt^(T) on her ruins,
    and the palace will stand in its proper place.
¹⁹ From them will come songs^(U) of thanksgiving^(V)
    and the sound of rejoicing.^(W)
I will add to their numbers,^(X)
    and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,^(Y)
    and they will not be disdained.
²⁰ Their children^(Z) will be as in days of old,
    and their community will be established^(AA) before me;
    I will punish^(AB) all who oppress them.
²¹ Their leader^(AC) will be one of their own;
    their ruler will arise from among them.^(AD)
I will bring him near^(AE) and he will come close to me—
    for who is he who will devote himself
    to be close to me?’
declares the Lord.
²² “‘So you will be my people,^(AF)
    and I will be your God.^(AG)’”

²³ See, the storm^(AH) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a driving wind swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.
²⁴ The fierce anger^(AI) of the Lord will not turn back^(AJ)
    until he fully accomplishes
    the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
    you will understand^(AK) this.