Jeremiah 30 :: New International Version (NIV)

Restoration of Israel

Jer 30:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

Jer 30:2“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.

Jer 30:3The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity[fn] and restore them to the land I gave their ancestors to possess,’ says the LORD.”

Jer 30:4

Jer 30:4These are the words the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah:

Jer 30:5

Jer 30:5“This is what the LORD says: “ ‘Cries of fear are heard— terror, not peace.

Jer 30:6

Jer 30:6Ask and see: Can a man bear children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, every face turned deathly pale?

Jer 30:7

Jer 30:7How awful that day will be! No other will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.

Jer 30:8

Jer 30:8“ ‘In that day,’ declares the LORD Almighty, ‘I will break the yoke off their necks and will tear off their bonds; no longer will foreigners enslave them.

Jer 30:9

Jer 30:9Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

Jer 30:10

Jer 30:10“ ‘So do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel,’

declares the LORD.

‘I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.

Jer 30:11

Jer 30:11I am with you and will save you,’ declares the LORD. ‘Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only in due measure; I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’

Jer 30:12

Jer 30:12“This is what the LORD says: “ ‘Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing.

Jer 30:13

Jer 30:13There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you.

Jer 30:14

Jer 30:14All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. I have struck you as an enemy would and punished you as would the cruel, because your guilt is so great and your sins so many.

Jer 30:15

Jer 30:15Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you.

Jer 30:16

Jer 30:16“ ‘But all who devour you will be devoured; all your enemies will go into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered; all who make spoil of you I will despoil.

Jer 30:17

Jer 30:17But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’

declares the LORD,

‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’

Jer 30:18

Jer 30:18“This is what the LORD says: “ ‘I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings; the city will be rebuilt on her ruins, and the palace will stand in its proper place.

Jer 30:19

Jer 30:19From them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. I will add to their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I will bring them honor, and they will not be disdained.

Jer 30:20

Jer 30:20Their children will be as in days of old, and their community will be established before me; I will punish all who oppress them.

Jer 30:21

Jer 30:21Their leader will be one of their own; their ruler will arise from among them. I will bring him near and he will come close to me— for who is he who will devote himself to be close to me?’

declares the LORD.

Jer 30:22

Jer 30:22“‘So you will be my people, and I will be your God.’ ”

Jer 30:23

Jer 30:23See, the storm of the LORD will burst out in wrath, a driving wind swirling down on the heads of the wicked.

Jer 30:24

Jer 30:24The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart. In days to come you will understand this.

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(30:3)

Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel and Judah

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