KJ3 Literal Translation
Jeremiah 30
Jehovah shows Jeremiah the return of the Jews. He comforts Jacob. Their return shall be gracious. Wrath shall fall on the wicked.
1The Word that was to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
2So says Jehovah, God of Israel, saying, Write for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
3For, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will turn back the captivity of My people Israel and Judah, says Jehovah; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4And these are the words that Jehovah spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah:
5For so says Jehovah, We have heard a sound of trembling, of dread, and not of peace.
6Ask now and see whether a male is giving birth? Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, like one giving birth. and have turned all faces to paleness.
7Alas! For that day is great, for none is like it. And a time of trouble it is for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.
8For it shall be in that day, a statement of Jehovah of Hosts, I will break his yoke from your neck, and I will burst your bonds. And strangers will not again make him serve;
9but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.
10And you, O My servant Jacob, do not fear, a statement of Jehovah. Do not be terrified, O Israel. For, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity. And I will bring back Jacob and have quiet and be untroubled, and no one will make him afraid.
11For I am with you, a statement of Jehovah, to save you. Though I make a full end among all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a full end with you. But I will correct you with judgment, and I will not leave you free from guilt.
12For so says Jehovah, Your break cannot be cured; your wound is grievous.
13There is no one to judge your cause; for your ulcer there are no healing medicines for you.
14All those loving you have forgotten you; they do not seek you. For I have struck you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastening of a cruel one, because of the greatness of your iniquity. Your sins are many.
15Why do you cry out over your crushing? Your pain is incurable, for the greatness of your iniquity; your sins are many, so I have done these things to you.
16Therefore, all those who devour you shall be devoured. And all the ones pressing you, every one of them, shall go into captivity. And those plundering you I will give up to plunder, and all preying on you I will give up for prey.
17For I will bring up healing for you, and from your wounds I will heal you, a statement of Jehovah, because they called you Outcast; saying, This is Zion; no one is seeking for her.
18So says Jehovah, Behold I will turn back the captivity of Jacob's tents and will have mercy on his dwelling places. And the city shall be built on her ruin heap; and the fortress shall remain on its own ordinance.
19And out of them shall go forth thanksgiving and the voice of those who are merry. And I will multiply them, and they shall not be few. I also will honor them, and they shall not be small.
20And his sons shall be as before, and his assembly shall be established before Me; and I will call to account all oppressing him.
21And his leader shall be from him, and his ruler shall come forth from his midst. And I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach Me. For who is he who gives his heart in pledge to come near to Me, a statement of Jehovah?
22And you shall be to Me for a people, and I will be to you for God.
23Behold, the tempest of Jehovah: fury goes forth, a sweeping tempest; it shall whirl on the head of the wicked ones.
24The glow of Jehovah's anger will not turn back until He has executed, and until He has established the purposes of His heart. In latter days you will understand it.
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