Noyes - Jeremiah - 30

30:1  The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:—

30:2  Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Write thee all the words which I have spoken to thee in a book.

30:3  For behold the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will bring back the captives of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah, and cause them to return to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

30:4  And these are the words which Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

30:5  Behold, thus saith Jehovah: The voice of trembling do we hear; There is alarm, and no peace.

30:6  Ask ye now and see, Whether a male doth bring forth? Why then do I see every man’s hands upon his loins, like a woman in travail? And why are all faces turned into paleness?

30:7  Alas! that day is great, So that there is none like it; It is a time of trouble for Jacob, Yet shall he be saved from it.

30:8  For in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will break his yoke from his neck, And his bands will I burst asunder, And he shall be subject to strangers no more.

30:9  But they shall serve Jehovah, their God, And David, their king, whom I will raise up for them.

30:10  Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith Jehovah, And be not thou dismayed, O Israel! For, behold, I will bring thee safe from afar, And thy posterity from the land of their captivity; And Jacob shall return, and be at rest; Yea, he shall be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

30:11  For I will be with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee; When I shall make a full end of all the nations Whither I have dispersed thee, Yet will I not make a full end of thee; I will correct thee in measure, Yet must I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

30:12  For thus saith Jehovah: Thy bruise is incurable; Thy wound is mortal.

30:13  No one offereth his help for thy cure; No healing medicines are applied to thee.

30:14  All thy lovers have forgotten thee; They inquire not after thee. For with the wound of an enemy have I smitten thee, With the chastisement of a cruel one, For the multitude of thine iniquities, Because thy sins were increased.

30:15  Why criest thou because of thy bruise? Thy pain is without remedy. For the multitude of thine iniquities, Because thy sins were increased, Have I done these things to thee.

30:16  Yet all they that devour thee shall be devoured, And all thine enemies, yea, all of them, shall go into captivity, And they that spoil thee shall become a spoil, And all that plunder thee will I give up to plunder.

30:17  For I will restore soundness to thee, And I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; For they have called thee the outcast, Zion, whom no man careth for.

30:18  Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring back the captives of the tents of Jacob, And I will have pity upon his dwelling-places, And the city shall be builded upon her heap, And the palace shall be inhabited as of old.

30:19  And out of them shall go forth thanksgiving, And the voice of them that make merry. And I will multiply them, and they shall not be few, And I will exalt them, and they shall not be low.

30:20  And their children shall be as aforetime, And their congregation shall be established before me, And I will punish all that oppress them.

30:21  And their princes shall be of themselves, And their governor shall proceed from the midst of them. And I will cause them to approach, and they shall come near to me; For who is he that would dare to come near to me? saith Jehovah.

30:22  And ye shall be my people, And I will be your God.

30:23  Behold, a whirlwind from Jehovah, Furious doth it go forth, Even a sweeping whirlwind; Upon the head of the wicked shall it rush.

30:24  The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not turn back Until he shall have executed, until he shall have accomplished, the purpose of his heart; In a future day ye shall understand it fully.