LEB JER chapter 30

Israel and Judah Will Be Delivered from Their Distress

30 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, ⌊saying⌋,[fn] 2 “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ⌊saying⌋,[fn] ‘Write for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you in a scroll. 3 For look, days are coming,’ ⌊declares⌋[fn] Yahweh, ‘when I will restore the fortunes[fn] of my people Israel and Judah,’ says Yahweh, ‘and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors[fn] and they will take possession of it.’ ”

4 Now these are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah. 5 “For thus says Yahweh:

‘We have heard a sound of trembling,
- terror, and there is no peace.
6 Ask please and see whether a male can bear a child.
- Why do I see every strong man
with his hands on his loins like a woman giving birth?
- And why are all their faces changed to paleness?
7 Alas! For that day is great,
- there is none like it .[fn]
And it is a time of distress for Jacob,
- yet from it he will be delivered.
8 And it will happen on that day,’ declares[fn] Yahweh of hosts,
- ‘I will break his yoke from your neck
and your bonds I will tear to pieces.
- And strangers will no longer let him work as a slave.
9 But they will serve Yahweh their God,
- and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10 But you must not fear, my servant Jacob,’ declares[fn] Yahweh,
- ‘and you must not be dismayed, Israel,
for look, I am going to save you from far,
- and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
And Jacob will return,
- and he will be at rest,
and he will be at ease,
- and there will be no one who makes him[fn] afraid.
11 For I am with you,’ declares[fn] Yahweh, ‘to save you.
- For I will make a complete destruction
of all the nations to which I scattered you,
- but you I will not make a complete destruction.
And I will chastise you to the measure,
- and I will not leave you entirely unpunished.’

12 For thus says Yahweh,

‘Your injury is incurable,
- your wound is overcome by sickness.
13 There is no one who pleads your cause,
- for your boil there is no healing for you.
14 All your lovers have forgotten you,
- they do not care for you.
I have struck you with the blow of an enemy,
- the punishment of the cruel,
because of the greatness of your guilt,
- your sins are numerous.
15 Why do you cry because of your wound?
- Your pain is incurable.
Because of the greatness of your guilt—your sins are vast—
- I have done these things to you.
16 Therefore[fn] all those who devour you will be devoured,
- and all your foes, all of them will go into captivity,
and those who plunder you will be as plunder,
- and all those who plunder you I will make as plunder.
17 For I will present healing to you,
- and I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares[fn] Yahweh.
‘Because they have called you an outcast, saying,
- “It is Zion, there is no one who cares for her.” ’

18 Thus says Yahweh:

‘Look, I will restore the fortunes[fn] of the tents of Jacob,
- and I will have compassion on his dwellings,
and the city will be rebuilt upon its mound,
- and the citadel fortress will stand on its rightful site.
19 And thanksgiving and the sound of merrymakers
- will come out from them,
and I will make them numerous,
- and they will not be few.
And I will make them honored,
- and they will not be lowly.
20 And their children will be as of old,
- and their community will be established before me .[fn]
And I will punish all their oppressors.
- 21 And their noble will be from them,
and their ruler will come out from their midst.
- And I will bring him near and he will approach me.
For who is he that would pledge his heart to approach me?’ declares[fn] Yahweh.
22 ‘And you will be to me a people,
- and I will be to you God.’ ”
23 Look, the storm of Yahweh!
- Wrath has gone forth,
a whirling tempest.
- It will whirl upon the head of the wicked.
24 The burning anger of Yahweh[fn] will not turn back until his doing,
- and until his accomplishing the plans of his mind .[fn]
In the last of the days you will understand it.

30:1 Literally “to say”

30:2 Literally “to say”

30:3 Literally “a declaration of”

30:3 Hebrew “fortune”

30:3 Or “fathers”

30:5 Literally “from none like it”

30:5 Literally “a declaration of”

30:5 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

30:5 Literally “a declaration of”

30:12 Literally “To thus”

30:12 Literally “a declaration of”

30:18 Hebrew “fortune”

30:18 Literally “to the face of me”

30:18 Literally “a declaration of”

30:18 Literally “The blaze of the nose of Yahweh”

30:18 Literally “heart”

LEB JER Chapter 30