Jeremiah 30:1
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Jere 30:1
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Jere 30:2
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"Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, `Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.
Jere 30:3
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~`For behold, days are coming,' declares the LORD, `when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.' The LORD says, `I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it."'
Jere 30:5
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"For thus says the LORD, `I have heard a sound of terror, Of dread, and there is no peace.
Jere 30:6
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`Ask now, and see If a male can give birth. Why do I see every man {With} his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth? And {why} have all faces turned pale?
Jere 30:7
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`Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob's distress, But he will be saved from it.
Jere 30:8
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`It shall come about on that day,' declares the LORD of hosts, `that I will break his yoke from off their neck and will tear off their bonds; and strangers will no longer make them their slaves.
Jere 30:9
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~`But they shall serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
Jere 30:10
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`Fear not, O Jacob My servant,' declares the LORD, `And do not be dismayed, O Israel; For behold, I will save you from afar And your offspring from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease, And no one will make him afraid.
Jere 30:11
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`For I am with you,' declares the LORD, `to save you; For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you, Only I will not destroy you completely. But I will chasten you justly And will by no means leave you unpunished.'
Jere 30:12
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"For thus says the LORD, `Your wound is incurable And your injury is serious.
Jere 30:13
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`There is no one to plead your cause; {No} healing for {your} sore, No recovery for you.
Jere 30:14
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`All your lovers have forgotten you, They do not seek you; For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, With the punishment of a cruel one, Because your iniquity is great {And} your sins are numerous.
Jere 30:15
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`Why do you cry out over your injury? Your pain is incurable. Because your iniquity is great {And} your sins are numerous, I have done these things to you.
Jere 30:16
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`Therefore all who devour you will be devoured; And all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity; And those who plunder you will be for plunder, And all who prey upon you I will give for prey.
Jere 30:17
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`For I will restore you to health And I will heal you of your wounds,' declares the LORD, `Because they have called you an outcast, saying: "It is Zion; no one cares for her."'
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