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30:1  This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
30:2  ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.
30:3  The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave to their ancestors to possess,” says the Lord.’
30:4  These are the words the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
30:5  ‘This is what the Lord says: ‘“Cries of fear are heard – terror, not peace.
30:6  Ask 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 labour, every face turned deathly pale?
30:7  How 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.
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.
30:9  Instead, they will serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
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.
30:11  I 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.”
30:12  ‘This is what the Lord says: ‘“Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing.
30:13  There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you.
30:14  All 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.
30:15  Why 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.
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.
30:17  But 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.”
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.
30:19  From 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 honour, and they will not be disdained.
30:20  Their children will be as in days of old, and their community will be established before me; I will punish all who oppress them.
30:21  Their 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.
30:22  ‘“So you will be my people, and I will be your God.”’
30:23  See, the storm of the Lord will burst out in wrath, a driving wind swirling down on the heads of the wicked.
30:24  The 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.