Jeremiah 30:5
New International Version
“This is what the LORD says: “’Cries of fear are heard— terror, not peace.

New Living Translation
This is what the LORD says: “I hear cries of fear; there is terror and no peace.

English Standard Version
“Thus says the LORD: We have heard a cry of panic, of terror, and no peace.

Berean Standard Bible
Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard—a cry of terror, not of peace.

King James Bible
For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

New King James Version
“For thus says the LORD: ‘We have heard a voice of trembling, Of fear, and not of peace.

New American Standard Bible
“For this is what the LORD says: ‘I have heard a sound of terror, Of fear, and there is no peace.

NASB 1995
“For thus says the LORD, ‘I have heard a sound of terror, Of dread, and there is no peace.

NASB 1977
“For thus says the LORD, ‘I have heard a sound of terror, Of dread, and there is no peace.

Legacy Standard Bible
“For thus says Yahweh, ‘We have heard a sound of trembling, Of dread, and there is no peace.

Amplified Bible
“Thus says the LORD, ‘We have heard a terrified voice Of panic and dread, and there is no peace.

Christian Standard Bible
This is what the LORD says: We have heard a cry of terror, of dread—there is no peace.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yes, this is what the LORD says: We have heard a cry of terror, of dread—there is no peace.

American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Thus says LORD JEHOVAH: ‘We are hearing a sound of trembling fear, and there is no peace

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thus said the Lord: Ye shall hear a sound of fear, there is fear, and there is not peace.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thus saith the Lord: We have heard a voice of terror : there is fear and no peace.

English Revised Version
For thus saith the LORD: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"This is what the LORD says: "We hear cries of fear, cries of panic, not cries of peace.

Good News Translation
"I heard a cry of terror, a cry of fear and not of peace.

International Standard Version
"Indeed, this is what the LORD says: 'We have heard a sound of terror and of fear, and there is no peace.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For thus saith the LORD: We have heard a voice of trembling, Of fear, and not of peace.

Literal Standard Version
Surely thus said YHWH: “We have heard a voice of trembling, | Fear—and there is no peace.

Majority Standard Bible
Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard—a cry of terror, not of peace.

New American Bible
Thus says the LORD: We hear a cry of fear: terror, not peace.

NET Bible
Yes, here is what he says: "You hear cries of panic and of terror; there is no peace in sight.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus says the LORD: We have heard a cry of panic, of terror, and no peace.

New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD: "We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

Webster's Bible Translation
For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

World English Bible
For Yahweh says: “We have heard a voice of trembling; a voice of fear, and not of peace.

Young's Literal Translation
Surely thus said Jehovah: A voice of trembling we have heard, Fear -- and there is no peace.

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Context
The Restoration of Israel and Judah
4These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah. 5Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard— a cry of terror, not of peace. 6Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?…

Cross References
Isaiah 5:30
In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.

Jeremiah 6:25
Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

Jeremiah 8:16
The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.

Jeremiah 12:12
Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.

Jeremiah 30:4
These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.

Amos 5:16
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: "There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of 'Alas! Alas!' in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.


Treasury of Scripture

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

a voice.

Jeremiah 4:15-20
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim…

Jeremiah 6:23,24
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion…

Jeremiah 8:19
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

of fear, and not of peace.

Jeremiah 46:5
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.

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Jeremiah 30
1. God shows Jeremiah the return of the Jews.
4. After their trouble they shall have deliverance.
10. He comforts Jacob.
18. Their return shall be gracious.
23. Wrath shall fall on the wicked.














(5, 6) Thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling . . .--There is a strange mingling of the divine and human elements in these words. The prophet speaks with the sense that the words are not his own, and yet what he utters is, at first, the expression of his own horror and astonishment at the vision of woe that is opening before his eyes. He sees, as it were, the famine-stricken people, their faces gathering blackness, the strong men giving way to a woman's anguish, wailing with their hands on their loins. In horror rather than in scorn, he asks the question, What means all this? Are these men in the pangs of childbirth? (Comp. Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 6:24; Jeremiah 13:21.) In Lamentations 2:19-22 we have a fuller picture of a like scene. By some commentators the three verses (5-7) are referred to the alarm caused in Babylon by the advance of Cyrus, and "that day" is the day of his capture of the city, but there seems no sufficient reason for such an interpretation.

Verses 5-11. - The great judgment of Israel's deliverance. It is nothing less than the "day of Jehovah" which the prophet sees in spirit - a day which is "great" (ver. 7; comp. Joel 2:11; Zephaniah 1:14) and terrible (vers. 5, 6; comp. Amos 5:18, 20; Isaiah 13:6; Joel 2:1, 11) for Israel, a day of "trouble" (ver. 7), but for his enemies of destruction. Verse 5. - A voice of trembling; rather, a sound of trembling, a sound causing men to tremble; doubtless it is "the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war" (Jeremiah 4:19). Of fear, and not of peace; rather, there is fear, and no peace. "Peace," as usual, means the harmony of a well ordered, secure, and peaceful community. Literally, it is wholeness; its opposite is "breaking," i.e. outward ruin and inward anguish.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Yes,
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

this is what
כֹה֙ (ḵōh)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

says:
אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“We have heard
שָׁמָ֑עְנוּ (šā·mā·‘ə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

a cry
ק֥וֹל (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

of panic—
חֲרָדָ֖ה (ḥă·rā·ḏāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2731: Trembling, fear, anxiety

of terror,
פַּ֖חַד (pa·ḥaḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6343: A, alarm

not
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

of peace.
שָׁלֽוֹם׃ (šā·lō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace


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