Jeremiah 30:4-11

New King James Version

‘We have heard a voice of trembling,
Of ^[a]fear, and not of peace.
⁶ Ask now, and see,
Whether a ^[b]man is ever in ^[c]labor with child?
So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins
^(A)Like a woman in labor,
And all faces turned pale?
^7 (B)Alas! For that day is great,
^(C)So that none is like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble,
But he shall be saved out of it.

⁸ ‘For it shall come to pass in that day,’
Says the Lord of hosts,
‘That I will break his yoke from your neck,
And will burst your bonds;
Foreigners shall no more enslave them.
⁹ But they shall serve the Lord their God,
And ^(D)David their king,
Whom I will ^(E)raise up for them.

¹⁰ ‘Therefore ^(F)do not fear, O My servant Jacob,’ says the Lord,
‘Nor be dismayed, O Israel;
For behold, I will save you from afar,
And your seed ^(G)from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet,
And no one shall make him afraid.
¹¹ For I am with ^(H)you,’ says the Lord, ‘to save you;
^(I)Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you,
^(J)Yet I will not make a complete end of you.
But I will correct you ^(K)in justice,
And will not let you go altogether unpunished.’