Jeremiah 30:1-11

New Living Translation

Promises of Deliverance

30 The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, ²“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Write down for the record everything I have said to you, Jeremiah. ³For the time is coming when I will restore the fortunes of my people of Israel and Judah. I will bring them home to this land that I gave to their ancestors, and they will possess it again. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

⁴This is the message the Lord gave concerning Israel and Judah. ⁵This is what the Lord says:

“I hear cries of fear;
    there is terror and no peace.
⁶Now let me ask you a question:
    Do men give birth to babies?
Then why do they stand there, ashen-faced,
    hands pressed against their sides
    like a woman in labor?
⁷In all history there has never been such a time of terror.
    It will be a time of trouble for my people Israel.^[a]
    Yet in the end they will be saved!
⁸For in that day,”
    says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
“I will break the yoke from their necks
    and snap their chains.
Foreigners will no longer be their masters.
⁹    For my people will serve the Lord their God
and their king descended from David—
    the king I will raise up for them.

¹⁰“So do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant;
    do not be dismayed, Israel,”
    says the Lord.
“For I will bring you home again from distant lands,
    and your children will return from their exile.
Israel will return to a life of peace and quiet,
    and no one will terrorize them.
¹¹For I am with you and will save you,”
    says the Lord.
“I will completely destroy the nations where I have scattered you,
    but I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you, but with justice;
    I cannot let you go unpunished.”