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1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
2 Thus speaks Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
3 For behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Jehovah and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers and they will possess it. 4 And these are the words that Jehovah spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
5 For Jehovah says thus: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear and not of peace. 6 Ask you* now and see whether a man travails with child. Why 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 will be saved out of it.
8 And it will happen in that day, says Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from your neck and will burst your bonds. And strangers will no more make him their bondman, 9 but they will serve Jehovah their God and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.
10 Therefore do not fear, O Jacob my servant, says Jehovah, nor be dismayed, O Israel. For behold, I will save you from afar and your seed from the land of their captivity and Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease and none will make him afraid. 11 For I am with you, says Jehovah, to save you. For I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you. But I will discipline you in measure and will in no way leave you unpunished.
12 For Jehovah says thus, Your hurt is incurable and your wound grievous. 13 There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up; you have no healing medicines. 14 All who love you have forgotten you; they do not seek you. For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.
15 Why do you cry for your hurt? Your pain is incurable, for the greatness of your iniquity. Because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.
16 Therefore all those who devour you will be devoured and all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity. And those who despoil you will be a spoil and all who prey upon you I will give for a prey. 17 For I will restore health to you and I will heal you of your wounds, says Jehovah, because they have called you an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
18 Jehovah says thus: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents and have compassion on his dwelling-places. And the city will be built upon its own hill and the palace will be inhabited after its own manner.
19 And out of them will proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry. And I will multiply them and they will not be few. I will also glorify them and they will not be small. 20 Their sons also will be as before and their congregation will be established in front of me. And I will punish all who oppress them.
21 And their prince will be of themselves and their ruler will proceed from the midst of them. And I will cause him to draw near and he will approach to me. For who is he who has had boldness to approach to me? says Jehovah. 22 And you* will be my people and I will be your* God.
23 Behold, the tempest of Jehovah–wrath–has gone forth, a sweeping tempest. It will burst upon the head of the wicked. 24 The fierce anger of Jehovah will not return until he has executed and till he has performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days you* will understand it.
3 For behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Jehovah and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers and they will possess it. 4 And these are the words that Jehovah spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
5 For Jehovah says thus: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear and not of peace. 6 Ask you* now and see whether a man travails with child. Why 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 will be saved out of it.
8 And it will happen in that day, says Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from your neck and will burst your bonds. And strangers will no more make him their bondman, 9 but they will serve Jehovah their God and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.
10 Therefore do not fear, O Jacob my servant, says Jehovah, nor be dismayed, O Israel. For behold, I will save you from afar and your seed from the land of their captivity and Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease and none will make him afraid. 11 For I am with you, says Jehovah, to save you. For I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you. But I will discipline you in measure and will in no way leave you unpunished.
12 For Jehovah says thus, Your hurt is incurable and your wound grievous. 13 There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up; you have no healing medicines. 14 All who love you have forgotten you; they do not seek you. For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.
15 Why do you cry for your hurt? Your pain is incurable, for the greatness of your iniquity. Because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.
16 Therefore all those who devour you will be devoured and all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity. And those who despoil you will be a spoil and all who prey upon you I will give for a prey. 17 For I will restore health to you and I will heal you of your wounds, says Jehovah, because they have called you an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
18 Jehovah says thus: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents and have compassion on his dwelling-places. And the city will be built upon its own hill and the palace will be inhabited after its own manner.
19 And out of them will proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry. And I will multiply them and they will not be few. I will also glorify them and they will not be small. 20 Their sons also will be as before and their congregation will be established in front of me. And I will punish all who oppress them.
21 And their prince will be of themselves and their ruler will proceed from the midst of them. And I will cause him to draw near and he will approach to me. For who is he who has had boldness to approach to me? says Jehovah. 22 And you* will be my people and I will be your* God.
23 Behold, the tempest of Jehovah–wrath–has gone forth, a sweeping tempest. It will burst upon the head of the wicked. 24 The fierce anger of Jehovah will not return until he has executed and till he has performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days you* will understand it.