Jeremiah 30 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh Will Return the Fortunes of His People

30The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, ²“Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘^aWrite all the words which I have spoken to you in a book. ³‘For behold, ^adays are coming,’ declares Yahweh, ‘when I will ¹^,^breturn the ²fortunes of My people ^cIsrael and Judah.’ Yahweh says, ‘I will also ^dcause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’”

⁴Now these are the words which Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah:

⁵“For thus says Yahweh, ‘We have heard a sound of ^atrembling,Of dread, and there is no peace.

⁶‘Ask now, and seeIf a male can give birth.Why do I see every manWith his hands on his loins, ^aas a woman in childbirth?And why have all faces turned pale?⁷‘Alas! For that ^aday is great,There is ^bnone like it;And it is the time of Jacob’s ^cdistress,But he will be ^dsaved from it.

⁸‘And it will be in that day,’ declares Yahweh of hosts, ‘that I will ^abreak his yoke from off your neck and will tear off your ^bbonds; and strangers will no longer ^cmake ¹them their slaves. ⁹‘But they shall be a slave to Yahweh their God and ^aDavid their king, whom I will raise up for them.

¹⁰‘^aFear not, O Jacob My ¹servant,’ declares Yahweh,‘And do not be dismayed, O Israel;For behold, I will save you ^bfrom afarAnd your seed from the land of their captivity.And Jacob will return and will be ^cquiet and at ease,And ^dno one will make him tremble.¹¹‘For ^aI am with you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘to save you;For I will ^bmake a complete destruction of all the nations where I have scattered you,Only I will ^cnot make a complete destruction of you.But I will ^dchasten you justlyAnd will by no means leave you unpunished.’

¹²“For thus says Yahweh, ‘Your injury is incurable,And your ^awound is desperately sick.

¹³‘There is no one to plead your cause;No healing for your sore,^aNo recovery for you.¹⁴‘All your ^alovers have forgotten you;They do not seek you;For I have ¹^,^bwounded you with the wound of an enemy,With the ^cpunishment of a ^dcruel one,Because your ^einiquity is numerousAnd your ^fsins are mighty.¹⁵‘Why do you cry out over your injury?Your pain is incurable.Because your iniquity is numerousAnd your sins are mighty,I have done these things to you.¹⁶‘Therefore all who ^adevour you will be devoured;And all your adversaries, every one of them, ^bwill go into captivity;And those who take you as spoil will be spoil,And all who plunder you I will give as plunder.¹⁷‘For I will ¹restore you to ²^,^ahealth,And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares Yahweh,‘Because they have called you a ^bbanished one, saying:“It is Zion; no one is seeking her.”’

¹⁸“Thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I will ¹^,^areturn the ²fortunes of the tents of JacobAnd ^bhave compassion on his dwelling places;And the ^ccity will be rebuilt on its ruin,And the ^dpalace will sit on its just place.

¹⁹‘From them will come forth ^athanksgivingAnd the voice of those who ¹^,^bcelebrate;And I will ^cmultiply them, and they will not decrease;I will also ^dhonor them, and they will not be insignificant.²⁰‘¹Their children also will be as formerly,And ²their congregation shall be ^aestablished before Me;And I will punish all ³their oppressors.²¹‘And ¹their ^amighty one shall be one of them,And ²their ruler shall come forth from ³their midst;And I will ^bbring Him near, and He shall approach Me;For who would dare to give his heart as security to ^capproach Me?’ declares Yahweh.²²‘You shall be ^aMy people,And I will be your God.’”²³Behold, the ^astorm of Yahweh!Wrath has gone forth,A ¹sweeping storm;It will burst on the head of the wicked.²⁴The ^aburning anger of Yahweh will not turn backUntil He has done and until He has establishedThe intent of His heart;In the ^blast days you will understand this.