Jeremiah 30:1-10 ▼

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

2 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.

3 For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”

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

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

6 Ask 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?

7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.

8 On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.

9 Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

10 As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.