Yirmeyahu 30 ירמיהו ל׳

The word that came to Yirmeyahu from the Lord, saying,

Thus speaks the Lord God of Yisra᾽el, saying, Write all the words that I have spoken to thee in a book.

For, lo, days are coming, says the Lord, when I will bring back the captivity of my people Yisra᾽el and Yehuda, says the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

And these are words that the Lord spoke concerning Yisra᾽el and concerning Yehuda.

For thus says the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

Ask now, and see whether a man travails with child? why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned to paleness?

Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: and it is a time of trouble to Ya῾aqov; but he shall be saved out of it.

For it shall come to pass on that day, says the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy hands, and strangers shall no more enslave him:

but they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Ya῾aqov, says the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Yisra᾽el: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Ya῾aqov shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

For I am with thee, says the Lord, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in due measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

For thus says the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

There is none to take up thy case, to bind up the wound: thou hast no healing medicines.

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 thy iniquity; thy sins were increased.

Why criest thou for thy hurt, that thy sorrow is incurable? for the multitude of thy iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things to thee.

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thy adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that plunder thee will I give for a prey.

For I will restore health to thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, says the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Żiyyon, for whom no one cares.

Thus says the Lord; Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Ya῾aqov’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be built upon her own tel, and the palace shall stand on its proper place.

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 diminished; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

Their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.

And their prince 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 me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach me? says the Lord.

And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Behold, the storm wind of the Lord goes out with fury, a sweeping storm: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

The fierce anger of the Lord shall not turn back, until he has done it, and until he has performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand this.