UST JER Chapter 30

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30 Yahweh gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, 2 “This is what I, Yahweh, the God whom the people of Israel worship, am telling you. You Jeremiah should write down in a scroll everything that I have told you. 3 I want you to know that a time is coming when I will free my people Israel and Judah from captivity in Babylon.” -occurrence="1" x-occurrences="1"This is what Yahweh declared. He also said, “I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors, and they will take possession of it again.”

4 Yahweh gave this message to me, Jeremiah regarding the people of Israel and Judah. 5 Yes, this is what Yahweh says: “You hear people crying out because they are terrified, and there is no safety for them.

6 Think about this:

Men certainly do not give birth to babies.

Yet, I see every strong man

with their hands on their stomachs

like a woman who is about to give birth.

Everyone’s face has turned pale because they are afraid.

7 How terrible that time will be.

There will never be another time like it.

It will be a time when the people of Israel will suffer greatly,

but God will rescue them from that suffering.

8 Yahweh, the commander of the heavenly armies, says this: “At that time, I will free my people from the King of Babylon who has has been forcing them to obey him. People in other countries will no longer be their bosses.

9 Instead, my people will serve me, Yahweh their God, and they will serve a king whom I will appoint for them, a king who is a descendant of King David.

10 So you people of Israel who serve me,

do not be afraid.” This is what Yahweh declares.

“You should not worry because I will certainly rescue you and your descendants from the land where others have taken you as prisoners.

Then you people of Israel will return and will live peacefully and safely

MISSING_WORD,and no nation will cause you to fear.

11 I am with you in order to rescue you.” This is what Yahweh declared. He said, “I will completely destroy all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you fairly, but I will certainly not let you go without any punishment.”

12 Yahweh also says this to his people: “

You have suffered very much.

It is as though you have a terrible wound that cannot be healed.

13 There is no one helping you;

you have suffered much and it is as though there is no medicine that can heal your wounds.

14 The nations that used to be your allies have all abandoned you

and no longer care about you.

I have punished you severely,

like your enemies would wound you,

because you have sinned so many times.

15 So do not complain about how I have punished you;

your suffering that seems never ending.

I did these things to you

because you have sinned so many times

16 I will cause foreign armies to destroy all those who try to destroy you,

and all of your enemies will certainly go away as prisoners.

Everyone who steals your possessions will lose their own possessions,

and everyone who attacks you will be the ones whom others attack.

17 People say that you are outcasts

and that you live in Jerusalem, a city that no one cares about.” This is what Yahweh declared. He says,

“I will cause things to go well again for you.

18 This is what Yahweh says: “I be compassionate to the people of Israel and allow them to return to their ruined homes. People will rebuild the city of Jerusalem on top of its ruins, and the palace will stand again in its proper place.

19 The people will sing songs of thanksgiving and they will rejoice. I will make them more numerous so that they will not become few, and I will cause others to honor them so that no one looks down on them.

20 Their children will thrive as they did long ago. I will establish their community in my presence, and I will punish every nation that oppresses them.

21 Their leader will be one of their own people, and their ruler will come from among them. I will invite him to approach me, and he will come into my presence, because no one would dare to come near to me unless I invited him.” This is what Yahweh declared.

22 “You will be my people, and I will be your God.”

23 Yahweh will be very angry;

he will punish wicked people; and will act against them

like a powerful storm that swirls around them.

24 Yahweh will not stop being angry

until he has accomplished everything that he has planned to do.

In the future, you will clearly understand all of this.