| 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, 2 Thus
speaketh Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I
have spoken unto thee in a book. 3 For, lo, the days come, saith Jehovah,
that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith
Jehovah; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their
fathers, and they shall possess it. 4 And these are the words that Jehovah
spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. 5 For thus saith Jehovah: We
have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. 6 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? 7 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.
8 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; 9 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 measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished. 12 For
thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.
13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou
hast no healing medicines. 14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they
seek thee not: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the
chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy
sins were increased. 15 Why criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is
incurable: for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were
increased, I have done these things unto thee. 16 Therefore all they that
devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them,
shall go into captivity; and they that despoil thee shall be a spoil, and all
that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. 17 For I will restore health
unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; because they
have called thee an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeketh
after. 18 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of
Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the city shall
be builded upon its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own
manner. 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of
them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I
will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. 20 Their children
also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established
before me; and I will punish all that oppress them. 21 And their prince
shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them;
and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is
he that hath had boldness to approach unto me? saith Jehovah. 22 And ye
shall be my people, and I will be your God. 23 Behold, the tempest of
Jehovah, even his wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping tempest: it shall
burst upon the head of the wicked. 24 The fierce anger of Jehovah shall
not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of
his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it.
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