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Chapter 30 |
| 1 | The word that
came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, |
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2 | Thus speaketh the LORD God
of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a
book. |
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For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring
again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will
cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall
possess it. |
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| And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning
Israel and concerning Judah. |
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5 | For thus saith the LORD; We have heard
a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. |
| 6 | Ask ye now,
and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man
with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned
into paleness? |
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7 | Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like
it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of
it. |
| 8 |
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts,
that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and
strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: |
| 9 | But they shall
serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto
them. |
| 10 |
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD;
neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy
seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in
rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. |
| 11 | For I am
with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all
nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee:
but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether
unpunished. |
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12 | For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable,
and thy wound is grievous. |
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13 | There is none to plead thy cause, that
thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. |
| 14 | All thy
lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with
the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude
of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. |
| 15 | Why criest
thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine
iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto
thee. |
| 16 |
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all
thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that
spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a
prey. |
| 17 |
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of
thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This
is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. |
| 18 | Thus saith the LORD; Behold,
I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his
dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace
shall remain after the manner thereof. |
| 19 | And out of them shall proceed
thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them,
and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be
small. |
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| Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their
congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress
them. |
| 21 |
And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor
shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he
shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto
me? saith the LORD. |
| 22 | And ye shall be my people, and I will be
your God. |
| 23
| Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury,
a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the
wicked. |
| 24
| The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he
hath done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the
latter days ye shall consider it. |
