1The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah , saying , 2Thus speaketh Jehovah , the God of Israel , saying , Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book . 3For , 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 . 4And these are the words that Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah . 5For thus saith Jehovah : We have heard a voice of trembling , of fear , and not of peace . 6Ask 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 ? 7Alas ! 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 . 8And 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; 9but they shall serve Jehovah their God , and David their king , whom I will raise up unto them . 10Therefore 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 . 11For 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 .
The Day of the Lord
12For thus saith Jehovah , Thy hurt is incurable , and thy wound grievous . 13There is none to plead thy cause , that thou mayest be bound up : thou hast no healing medicines . 14All 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 . 15Why 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 . 16Therefore 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. 17For 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 . 18Thus 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 . 19And 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 . 20Their children also shall be as aforetime , and their congregation shall be established before me ; and I will punish all that oppress them . 21And 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 . 22And ye shall be my people , and I will be your God. 23Behold , the tempest of Jehovah , even his wrath , is gone forth , a sweeping tempest : it shall burst upon the head of the wicked . 24The 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 .