Jeremiah 30:1-13 ▼

1 The LORD spoke his word to Jeremiah. He said,

2 |This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Write in a book everything that I tell you.

3 The days are coming,| declares the LORD, |when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity. I will bring them back to the land that I gave their ancestors, and they will take possession of it.|

4 This is the message that the LORD spoke about Israel and Judah:

5 |This is what the LORD says: |We hear cries of fear, cries of panic, not cries of peace.

6 Ask now, and see: Can a man give birth to a child? Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain like a woman giving birth to a child? Why has every face turned pale?

7 How terrible that day will be! There will be no other day like it. It will be a time of calamity for the descendants of Jacob, but they will be rescued from it.

8 |On that day,| declares the LORD of Armies, |I will break the yokes off your necks and tear off your ropes. Foreigners will no longer make you serve them.

9 You will serve the LORD your God and David your king. I will establish him for you.

10 |Don't be afraid, my servant Jacob,| declares the LORD. Don't be terrified, Israel. I'm going to rescue you from a faraway place. I'm going to rescue your descendants from where they are captives. The descendants of Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will frighten them.

11 I am with you, and I will rescue you,| declares the LORD. |I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you with justice. I won't let you go entirely unpunished.

12 |This is what the LORD says: Your wound is incurable. Your injury is beyond healing.

13 No one argues that you should be healed. No medicine will heal you.