Jeremiah 30

Tree of Life Version

“We heard a sound of trembling,
of dread—there is no shalom.
⁶ Ask now, and see
whether a man can give birth.
Why do I see every man
with his hands on his loins, like a woman giving birth?
Why have all faces turned pale?
⁷ Oy! For that day is monumental.
There will be none like it—
a time of trouble for Jacob!
Yet out of it he will be saved.

⁸ It will be in that day”
—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot—
“that I will break his yoke from off your neck,
and will tear off your bonds.
Foreigners will no longer enslave him.
⁹ Instead they will serve Adonai their God
and David their king,
whom I will raise up for them.
¹⁰ So now, do not fear, Jacob My servant,”
says Adonai, “nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from afar,
your seed from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again be quiet and at ease,
and no one will make him afraid.
¹¹ For I am with you,” declares Adonai,
“to save you,
for I will make a full end of all the nations
where I scatter you.
but I will not make a full end of you.
For I will discipline you justly,
but will not leave you unpunished.”
¹² For thus says Adonai:
“Your hurt is incurable,
and your wound is severe.
¹³ No one pleads your cause,
for there is no remedy for your wound,
no healing for you.
¹⁴ All your lovers have forgotten you.
They are not looking for you.
For I wounded you as an enemy—
    with cruel punishment—
because your iniquity is vast,
    your sins innumerable.
¹⁵ Why cry about your fracture?
Your pain has no cure.
Because your iniquity is vast,
your sins innumerable,
I did these things to you.
¹⁶ Yet all who devour you will be devoured,
and all your foes—all of them—
will go into captivity.
Those plundering you will be plundered,
and all preying on you I give as prey.
¹⁷ For I will restore health to you
and will heal you of your wounds.”
It is a declaration of Adonai.
“For they called you an outcast:
‘Zion—no one cares about her.’”
¹⁸ Thus says Adonai, “Indeed,
I will return Jacob’s tents from exile,
and have compassion on his dwellings.
The city will be rebuilt on her mound^[a].
The citadel will stand in its rightful place.
¹⁹ Out of them will come thanksgiving
and the sound of celebration.
I will multiply them,
so they will not decrease.
I will also honor them,
so they will not be insignificant.
²⁰ His children also will be as formerly
—his community set up before Me—
and I will punish all his oppressors.
²¹ His noble one will be one of His own.
His ruler will come forth from among His own.
I will bring Him near, and He will approach Me.
For who is he who will pledge his heart to approach Me?”
It is a declaration of Adonai.
²² “So you will be My people,
and I will be your God.”