Jeremiah 30:4-11

Living Bible

⁴ And write this also concerning Israel and Judah:

⁵ “Where shall we find peace?” they cry. “There is only fear and trembling. ⁶ Do men give birth? Then why do they stand there, ashen-faced, hands pressed against their sides like women in labor?”

⁷ Alas, in all history when has there ever been a time of terror such as in that coming day? It is a time of trouble for my people—for Jacob—such as they have never known before. Yet God will rescue them! ⁸ For on that day, says the Lord Almighty, I will break the yoke from their necks and snap their chains, and foreigners shall no longer be their masters! ⁹ For they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their King,^[a] whom I will raise up for them, says the Lord.

¹⁰ So don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant; don’t be dismayed, O Israel; for I will bring you home again from distant lands, and your children from their exile. They shall have rest and quiet in their own land, and no one shall make them afraid. ¹¹ For I am with you and I will save you, says the Lord. Even if I utterly destroy the nations where I scatter you, I will not exterminate you; I will punish you, yes—you will not go unpunished.