The word
that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
02 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying,
Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto
thee in a book.
03 For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I
will bring again the captivity of my people
Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will
cause them to return to the land that I gave to
their fathers, and they shall possess it.
04 And these are the words that the Lord spake
concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
05 For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice
of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
06 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?
07 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.
08 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith
the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke
from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and
strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
09 But they shall serve the Lord their God, and
David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob,
saith the Lord; 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 in rest, and be quiet, and
none shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save
thee: though I make a full end of all nations
whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not
make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee
in measure, and will not leave thee altogether
unpunished.
12 For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is
incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou
mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing
medicines.
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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 multitude of thine iniquity; because
thy sins were increased.
15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy
sorrow is incurable for the multitude 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
spoil 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 the Lord;
because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This
is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
18 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring
again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have
mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall
be builded upon her own heap, and the palace
shall remain after the manner thereof.
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 nobles shall be of themselves, and
their governor shall proceed from the midst of
them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he
shall approach unto me: for who is this that
engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the
Lord.
22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your
God.
23 Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth
with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall
with pain upon the head of the wicked.
24 The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return,
until he hath done it, and until he have
performed the intents of his heart: in the latter
days ye shall consider it.
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