Restoration of Israel
30 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write(A) in a book all the words I have spoken to you. 3 The days(B) are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will bring(C) my people Israel and Judah back from captivity[a] and restore(D) them to the land I gave their ancestors to possess,’ says the Lord.”
4 These are the words the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah: 5 “This is what the Lord says:
“‘Cries of fear(E) are heard—
terror, not peace.
6 Ask and see:
Can a man bear children?
Then why do I see every strong man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor,(F)
every face turned deathly pale?(G)
7 How awful that day(H) will be!
No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble(I) for Jacob,
but he will be saved(J) out of it.
8 “‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty,
‘I will break the yoke(K) off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;(L)
no longer will foreigners enslave them.(M)
9 Instead, they will serve the Lord their God
and David(N) their king,(O)
whom I will raise up for them.
10 “‘So do not be afraid,(P) Jacob my servant;(Q)
do not be dismayed, Israel,’
declares the Lord.
‘I will surely save(R) you out of a distant place,
your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security,(S)
and no one will make him afraid.(T)
11 I am with you(U) and will save you,’
declares the Lord.
‘Though I completely destroy all the nations
among which I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy(V) you.
I will discipline(W) you but only in due measure;
I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’(X)
12 “This is what the Lord says:
“‘Your wound(Y) is incurable,
your injury beyond healing.(Z)
13 There is no one to plead your cause,(AA)
no remedy for your sore,
no healing(AB) for you.
14 All your allies(AC) have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy(AD) would
and punished you as would the cruel,(AE)
because your guilt is so great
and your sins(AF) so many.
15 Why do you cry out over your wound,
your pain that has no cure?(AG)
Because of your great guilt and many sins
I have done these things to you.(AH)
16 “‘But all who devour(AI) you will be devoured;
all your enemies will go into exile.(AJ)
Those who plunder(AK) you will be plundered;
all who make spoil of you I will despoil.
17 But I will restore you to health
and heal(AL) your wounds,’
declares the Lord,
‘because you are called an outcast,(AM)
Zion for whom no one cares.’(AN)
18 “This is what the Lord says:
“‘I will restore the fortunes(AO) of Jacob’s tents(AP)
and have compassion(AQ) on his dwellings;
the city will be rebuilt(AR) on her ruins,
and the palace will stand in its proper place.
19 From them will come songs(AS) of thanksgiving(AT)
and the sound of rejoicing.(AU)
I will add to their numbers,(AV)
and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,(AW)
and they will not be disdained.
20 Their children(AX) will be as in days of old,
and their community will be established(AY) before me;
I will punish(AZ) all who oppress them.
21 Their leader(BA) will be one of their own;
their ruler will arise from among them.(BB)
I will bring him near(BC) 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,(BD)
and I will be your God.(BE)’”
23 See, the storm(BF) of the Lord
will burst out in wrath,
a driving wind swirling down
on the heads of the wicked.
24 The fierce anger(BG) of the Lord will not turn back(BH)
until he fully accomplishes
the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
you will understand(BI) this.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 30:3 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel and Judah
Cross references
- Jeremiah 30:2 : S Isa 30:8; S Jer 36:2
- Jeremiah 30:3 : S Jer 16:14; S 24:6
- Jeremiah 30:3 : S Jer 29:14
- Jeremiah 30:3 : S Jer 16:15
- Jeremiah 30:5 : Jer 6:25
- Jeremiah 30:6 : S Jer 4:31
- Jeremiah 30:6 : S Isa 29:22
- Jeremiah 30:7 : S Isa 2:12
- Jeremiah 30:7 : S Isa 22:5; Zep 1:15
- Jeremiah 30:7 : ver 10; Jer 23:3
- Jeremiah 30:8 : S Isa 9:4
- Jeremiah 30:8 : Ps 107:14
- Jeremiah 30:8 : Jer 25:14; 27:7; Eze 34:27
- Jeremiah 30:9 : S Mt 1:1
- Jeremiah 30:9 : ver 21; S 1Sa 13:14; Jer 33:15; Eze 34:23-24; 37:24; Hos 1:11; 3:5
- Jeremiah 30:10 : S Isa 41:10
- Jeremiah 30:10 : S Isa 44:2
- Jeremiah 30:10 : S ver 7; S Jer 29:14
- Jeremiah 30:10 : Isa 35:9; S Jer 17:25
- Jeremiah 30:10 : S Isa 29:22; S 54:4; S Jer 23:4; Eze 34:25-28
- Jeremiah 30:11 : S Jos 1:5
- Jeremiah 30:11 : S Lev 26:44; S Jer 5:18; 46:28
- Jeremiah 30:11 : S Jer 10:24
- Jeremiah 30:11 : Hos 11:9; Am 9:8
- Jeremiah 30:12 : S Job 6:4; S Jer 10:19
- Jeremiah 30:12 : S Jer 8:22
- Jeremiah 30:13 : S Jdg 6:31
- Jeremiah 30:13 : S Jer 8:22; 14:19; 46:11; Na 3:19
- Jeremiah 30:14 : S Jer 22:20; La 1:2
- Jeremiah 30:14 : S Job 13:24
- Jeremiah 30:14 : S Job 30:21
- Jeremiah 30:14 : S Jer 25:7
- Jeremiah 30:15 : S Jer 10:19
- Jeremiah 30:15 : S Pr 1:31; La 1:5
- Jeremiah 30:16 : S Isa 29:8; S 33:1; S Jer 2:3
- Jeremiah 30:16 : S Isa 14:2; Joel 3:4-8
- Jeremiah 30:16 : Jer 49:2; 50:10
- Jeremiah 30:17 : S Isa 1:5; Hos 6:1
- Jeremiah 30:17 : S Isa 6:12; Jer 33:24
- Jeremiah 30:17 : Ps 142:4
- Jeremiah 30:18 : ver 3; S Dt 30:3; Jer 31:23; 32:44
- Jeremiah 30:18 : S Nu 24:5
- Jeremiah 30:18 : Ps 102:13; Jer 33:26; Eze 39:25
- Jeremiah 30:18 : Jer 31:4, 24, 38; 33:7; Eze 36:10, 33; Am 9:14
- Jeremiah 30:19 : S Ps 9:2; Isa 35:10; S 51:11
- Jeremiah 30:19 : S Isa 51:3
- Jeremiah 30:19 : Ps 126:1-2; Jer 31:4
- Jeremiah 30:19 : S Ge 15:5; 22:17; Jer 33:22; Eze 37:26; Zec 2:4
- Jeremiah 30:19 : S Isa 44:23; S 60:9
- Jeremiah 30:20 : Isa 54:13; Jer 31:17; Zec 8:5
- Jeremiah 30:20 : Isa 54:14
- Jeremiah 30:20 : S Ex 23:22
- Jeremiah 30:21 : S ver 9; Jer 23:5-6
- Jeremiah 30:21 : Dt 17:15
- Jeremiah 30:21 : Nu 16:5
- Jeremiah 30:22 : S Isa 19:25; Hos 2:23
- Jeremiah 30:22 : S Lev 26:12
- Jeremiah 30:23 : S Jer 23:19
- Jeremiah 30:24 : Jer 4:8; La 1:12
- Jeremiah 30:24 : S Jer 4:28
- Jeremiah 30:24 : Jer 23:19-20