Jeremiah 30

New American Standard Bible

Deliverance from Captivity Promised

30 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, ²“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘^(A)Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book. ³For behold, ^(B)days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will ^(C)restore the ^[a]fortunes of My people ^(D)Israel and Judah.’ The Lord says, ‘I will also ^(E)bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it.’”

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

⁵“For thus says the Lord,

‘^[b]I have heard a sound of ^(F)terror,
Of dread, and there is no peace.
⁶‘Ask now, and see
If a male can give birth.
Why do I see every man
With his hands on his loins, ^(G)as a woman in childbirth?
And why have all faces turned pale?
⁷‘Alas! for that ^(H)day is great,
There is ^(I)none like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s ^(J)distress,
But he will be ^(K)saved from it.

⁸‘It shall come about on that day,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘that I will ^(L)break his yoke from off ^[c]their neck and will tear off ^[d]their ^(M)bonds; and strangers will no longer ^(N)make ^[e]them their slaves. ⁹But they shall serve the Lord their God and ^(O)David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

¹⁰‘^(P)Fear not, O Jacob My servant,’ declares the Lord,
‘And do not be dismayed, O Israel;
For behold, I will save you ^(Q)from afar
And your ^[f]offspring from the land of their captivity.
And Jacob will return and will be ^(R)quiet and at ease,
And ^(S)no one will make him afraid.
¹¹‘For ^(T)I am with you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to save you;
For I will ^(U)destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you,
Only I will ^(V)not destroy you completely.
But I will ^(W)chasten you justly
And will by no means leave you unpunished.’

¹²“For thus says the Lord,
‘Your wound is incurable
And your ^(X)injury is serious.
¹³‘There is no one to plead your cause;
No healing for your sore,
^(Y)No recovery for you.
¹⁴‘All your ^(Z)lovers have forgotten you,
They do not seek you;
For I have ^(AA)wounded you with the wound of an enemy,
With the ^(AB)punishment of a ^(AC)cruel one,
Because your ^(AD)iniquity is great
And your ^(AE)sins are numerous.
¹⁵‘Why do you cry out over your injury?
Your pain is incurable.
Because your iniquity is great
And your sins are numerous,
I have done these things to you.
¹⁶‘Therefore all who ^(AF)devour you will be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, ^(AG)will go into captivity;
And those who plunder you will be for plunder,
And all who prey upon you I will give for prey.
¹⁷‘For I will ^[g]restore you to ^[h]^(AH)health
And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares the Lord,
‘Because they have called you an ^(AI)outcast, saying:
“It is Zion; no one ^[i]cares for her.”’

Restoration of Jacob

¹⁸“Thus says the Lord,
‘Behold, I will ^(AJ)restore the ^[j]fortunes of the tents of Jacob
And ^(AK)have compassion on his dwelling places;
And the ^(AL)city will be rebuilt on its ruin,
And the ^(AM)palace will stand on its rightful place.
¹⁹‘From them will proceed ^(AN)thanksgiving
And the voice of those who ^[k]^(AO)celebrate;
And I will ^(AP)multiply them and they will not be diminished;
I will also ^(AQ)honor them and they will not be insignificant.
²⁰‘^[l]Their children also will be as formerly,
And ^[m]their congregation shall be ^(AR)established before Me;
And I will punish all ^[n]their oppressors.
²¹‘^[o]Their ^(AS)leader shall be one of them,
And ^[p]their ruler shall come forth from ^[q]their midst;
And I will ^(AT)bring him near and he shall approach Me;
For ^[r]who would dare to risk his life to ^(AU)approach Me?’ declares the Lord.
²²‘You shall be ^(AV)My people,
And I will be your God.’”

²³Behold, the ^(AW)tempest of the Lord!
Wrath has gone forth,
A ^[s]sweeping tempest;
It will burst on the head of the wicked.
²⁴The ^(AX)fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back
Until He has performed and until He has accomplished
The intent of His heart;
In the ^(AY)latter days you will understand this.