Jeremiah 30:1-9 ▼

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

2 “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.

3 For behold, days are coming,’ declares Yahweh, ‘when I will return the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.’ Yahweh says, ‘I will also cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’”

4 Now these are the words which Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah:

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

6 Ask now, and see If a male can give birth. Why do I see every man With his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth? And why have all faces turned pale?

7 Alas! For that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s distress, But he will be saved from it.

8 ‘And it will be in that day,’ declares Yahweh of hosts, ‘that I will break his yoke from off your neck and will tear off your bonds; and strangers will no longer make them their slaves.

9 But they shall be a slave to Yahweh their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.