Jeremiah 30

Revised Geneva Translation

30 The Word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

² “Thus speaks the LORD God of Israel, saying, ‘Write all the Words that I have spoken to you in a Book.

³ ‘For lo, the days come,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will bring back the captivity of My people, Israel and Judah,’ says the LORD. ‘For I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers. And they shall possess it.’”

⁴ Again, these are the Words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

⁵ “For thus says the LORD: ‘We have heard a terrible voice, of fear and not of peace.

⁶ ‘Demand now and behold if a man can labor with child. Why do I behold every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in labor, and all faces are turned pale?

⁷ ‘Alas, for this day is great. None like it. It is the time of Jacob’s trouble, yet shall he be delivered from it.

⁸ ‘For on that day,’ says the LORD of Hosts, ‘I will break his yoke from off your neck and break your bonds. And strangers shall no longer enslave them.

⁹ ‘But they shall serve the LORD their God and David, their king, whom I will raise up to them.

¹⁰ ‘Therefore, do not fear, O My servant, Jacob,’ says the LORD, ‘or be afraid, O Israel. For lo, I will deliver you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity, and Jacob shall turn back, and shall be in rest and peace. And no one shall make him afraid.

¹¹ ‘For I am with you,’ says the LORD, ‘to save you. Though I utterly destroy all the nations where I have scattered you, still I will not utterly destroy you. But I will correct you by judgment, not utterly cut you off.’

¹² “For thus says the LORD: ‘Your bruising is incurable. Your wound is grievous.

¹³ ‘There is no one to judge your cause or bind your wounds. There are neither medicines nor help for you.

¹⁴ ‘All your lovers have forgotten you. They do not seek you. For I have stricken you with the wound of an enemy, with a sharp chastisement for the multitude of your iniquities. Your sins have increased.

¹⁵ ‘Why do you cry for your affliction? Your sorrow is incurable. Because of the multitude of your iniquities, the increase of your sins, I have done these things to you.

¹⁶ ‘Therefore, all those who devour you shall be devoured. And all your enemies, everyone, shall go into captivity. And those who plunder you shall be plundered. And all those who rob you, I will give to be robbed.

¹⁷ ‘For I will restore health to you and I will heal you of your wounds,’ says the LORD, ‘because they called you, “The Castaway,” saying, “This is Zion, whom no man seeks after.”

¹⁸ “Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places. And the city shall be built upon her own heap. And the palace shall remain in its rightful place.

¹⁹ ‘And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving, and the voice of those who are joyous. And I will multiply them. And they shall not be few. I will also glorify them, and they shall not be diminished.

²⁰ ‘Their children, also, shall be as before. And their congregation shall be established before Me. And I will reckon with all who trouble them.

²¹ ‘And their nobles shall be from among themselves. And their governor shall proceed from the midst of them. And I will cause him to draw near and approach Me. For who is this who directs his heart to come to Me,’ says the LORD?

²² ‘And you shall be My people, and I will be your God.’”

²³ Behold, the tempest of the LORD goes forth with wrath! The whirlwind that hangs over shall light upon the head of the wicked.

²⁴ The fierce wrath of the LORD shall not return until He is done, and until He has performed the intent of His Heart. In the latter days you shall understand it.