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New Testament
Jeremiah 30
The Lord Will Restore Israel
301This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord. 2The Lord, the God of Israel, says,
Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book. 3Look, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity. I will restore them to the land I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it, says the Lord.
4These are words the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah. 5This is what the Lord says.
“We have heard cries of fear,
of terror, and not of peace.”
6Ask and see.
Can a man give birth to a child?
Why then do I see every strong man
with his hands on his belly like a woman in labor?
Why has every face turned pale?
7That day is so terrible that there is none like it!
It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
but he will be saved out of it.
8In that day, declares the Lord of Armies,
I will break the yoke off your neck.
I will tear away your bonds.
Strangers will no longer enslave Israel,
9but they will serve the Lord their God
and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10Therefore do not be afraid, my servant Jacob, declares the Lord.
Do not be terrified, Israel,
because I will certainly save you from a faraway place.
I will save your descendants from the land where they are captive.
Jacob will return.
He will enjoy quiet and be at ease,
and no one will make him afraid.
11I am with you to save you, declares the Lord.
I will completely destroy all the nations
among which I have scattered you,
but I will not completely destroy you.
yet I will not regard you as entirely innocent.
12So this is what the Lord says.
Your wound is incurable.
Your injury is severe.
13There is no one to plead your cause,
no one to bind your wounds.
There are no healing medicines.
14All who loved you have forgotten you.
They do not ask about you.
I have wounded you as an enemy would.
I have punished you as the cruel would,
because your guilt is so great,
because your sins are so many.
15Why are you crying over your injury,
over your incurable wound?
It is because of your great guilt,
because of your many sins,
that I have done these things to you.
16Yet all who devour you will be devoured.
All your enemies, every one of them, will go into captivity.
Those who plunder you will be plundered.
All who prey on you will become prey.
17For I will restore your health,
and I will heal your wounds, declares the Lord,
because they have called you an outcast,
saying, “It is Zion—for whom no one cares.”
18This is what the Lord says.
and have compassion on his dwellings.
The city will be rebuilt on the mound of its ruins,
and the citadel will stand in its rightful place.
19Thanksgiving will come out of them,
along with the sound of rejoicing.
I will multiply them,
and they will not decrease in number.
I will glorify them,
and they will not be insignificant.
20Their children will be as they were long ago,
and their community will be established in my presence.
I will punish all who oppress them.
21Their strong leader will be one of their own,
and their ruler will arise from among them.
I will summon him to come near,
and he will approach me,
for who would be bold enough to approach me?
says the Lord.
22You shall be my people,
and I will be your God.
23Look, a storm is coming from the Lord!
His wrath has gone out,
like a whirlwind twisting down,
whirling over the heads of the wicked.
24The Lord's anger will not turn back
until he has completely fulfilled the purposes of his heart.
In later days you will understand it.