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Now these are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah. “For thus says Yahweh:

‘We have heard a sound of trembling,
    terror, and there is no peace.
Ask please and see whether a male can bear a child.
    Why do I see every strong man
with his hands on his loins like a woman giving birth?
    And why are all their faces changed to paleness?
Alas! For that day is great,
    there is none like it.[a]
And it is a time of distress for Jacob,
    yet from it he will be delivered.
And it will happen on that day,’ declares[b] Yahweh of hosts,
    ‘I will break his yoke from your neck
and your bonds I will tear to pieces.
    And strangers will no longer let him work as a slave.
But they will serve Yahweh their God,
    and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10 But you must not fear, my servant Jacob,’ declares[c] Yahweh,
    ‘and you must not be dismayed, Israel,
for look, I am going to save you from far,
    and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
And Jacob will return,
    and he will be at rest,
and he will be at ease,
    and there will be no one who makes him[d] afraid.
11 For I am with you,’ declares[e] Yahweh, ‘to save you.
    For I will make a complete destruction
of all the nations to which I scattered you,
    but you I will not make a complete destruction.
And I will chastise you to the measure,
    and I will not leave you entirely unpunished.’

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  1. Jeremiah 30:7 Literally “from none like it”
  2. Jeremiah 30:8 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Jeremiah 30:10 Literally “a declaration of”
  4. Jeremiah 30:10 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Jeremiah 30:11 Literally “a declaration of”

And these are the words that Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. For thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, [a]of fear, and not of peace. Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman; but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. 10 Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 11 For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee in [b]measure, and will in no wise [c]leave thee unpunished.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 30:5 Or, there is fear, and no peace
  2. Jeremiah 30:11 Hebrew judgment.
  3. Jeremiah 30:11 Or, hold thee guiltless