JEREMIAH 30 [†]The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2[†]“Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel:  e Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you. 3[†] f For behold, days are coming, declares the LORD,  g when I will restore  h the fortunes of my people,  i Israel and Judah, says the LORD,  j and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.”

4[†]These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning  i Israel and Judah:

5[†] “Thus says the LORD:

We have heard a cry of panic,

of terror, and no peace.

6 Ask now, and see,

can a man bear a child?

 k Why then do I see every man

with his hands on his stomach  k like a woman in labor?

 l Why has every face turned pale?

7[†] Alas!  m That day is so great

 n there is none like it;

it is a time of distress for Jacob;

yet he shall be saved out of it.

8[†]“And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the LORD of hosts, that I will  o break his  p yoke from off your neck, and I will  o burst your bonds,  q and foreigners shall no more make a servant of him. [1] 9[†]But they shall serve the LORD their God and  r David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

10[†]  s “Then fear not,  t O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD,

nor be dismayed, O Israel;

for behold,  s I will save you from far away,

 u and your offspring from the land of their captivity.

 s Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,

and none shall make him afraid.

11[†]  v For I am with you to save you,

declares the LORD;

 v I will make a full end of all the nations

among whom I scattered you,

but of you I will not make a full end.

 v I will  w discipline you in just measure,

and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

12 “For thus says the LORD:

 x Your hurt is incurable,

 y and your wound is grievous.

13 There is none to uphold your cause,

no medicine for your wound,

 z no healing for you.

14[†]  a All your lovers have forgotten you;

they care nothing for you;

for I have dealt you the blow of  b an enemy,

the punishment  c of a merciless foe,

because your guilt is great,

 d because your sins are flagrant.

15[†]  x Why do you cry out over your hurt?

 x Your pain is incurable.

Because your guilt is great,

 d because your sins are flagrant,

I have done these things to you.

16  e Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,

and  f all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity;

 g those who plunder you shall be plundered,

 h and all who prey on you I will make a prey.

17  i For I will restore  j health to you,

and  k your wounds I will heal,

declares the LORD,

because  l they have called you an outcast:

 l ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’

18[^][†] “Thus says the LORD:

Behold,  m I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob

and have compassion on his dwellings;

the city shall be rebuilt on  n its mound,

and the palace shall stand where it used to be.

19[†]  o Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,

and the voices of those who celebrate.

 p I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;

I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.

20[†]  q Their children shall be as they were of old,

and their congregation shall be established before me,

and I will punish all who oppress them.

21[†]  r Their prince shall be one of themselves;

 r their ruler shall come out from their midst;

 s I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,

 t for who would dare of himself to approach me?

declares the LORD.

22[†]  u And you shall be my people,

and I will be your God.”

23[†]  v Behold  w the storm of the LORD!

Wrath has gone forth,

a whirling tempest;

it will burst upon the head of the wicked.

24[†]  x The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back

until he has executed and accomplished

the intentions of his mind.

 y In the latter days you will understand this.