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[1]The word, that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
[2]Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words, that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
[3]For lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: for I will restore them unto the land, that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
[4]Again, these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel, and concerning Judah.
[5]For thus saith the Lord, we have heard a terrible voice, of fear and not of peace.
[6]Demand now and behold, if man travail with child? Wherefore do I behold every man with his hands on his loins as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into a paleness?
[7]Alas, for this day is great: none hath been like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, yet shall he be delivered from it.
[8]For in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and break thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him.
[9]But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
[10]Therefore fear not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be afraid, O Israel: for lo, I will deliver thee from a far country, and thy seed from the land of their captivity, and Jacob shall turn again, and shall be in rest and prosperity and none shall make him afraid.
[11]For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I utterly destroy all the nations where I have scattered thee, yet will I not utterly destroy thee, but I will correct thee by judgment, and not utterly cut thee off.
[12]For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruising is incurable , and thy wound is dolorous.
[13]There is none to judge thy cause, or to lay a plaster: there are no medicines, nor help for thee.
[14]All thy lovers have forgotten thee: they seek thee not: for I have stricken thee with the wound of an enemy, and with a sharp chastisement for the multitude of thine iniquities, because thy sins were increased.
[15]Why cryest thou for thine affliction? Thy sorrow is incurable, for the multitude of thine iniquities: 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 enemies everyone shall go into captivity: and they that spoil thee, shall be spoiled, and all they that rob thee, will I give to be robbed.
[17]For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord, because they called thee, The cast away , 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 compassion on his dwelling places: 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 are joyous, and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few: I will also glorify them, and they shall not be diminished.
[20]Their children also shall be as afore time, and their congregation shall be established before me: and I will visit all that vex them.
[21]And their noble ruler shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them, and I will cause him to draw near, and approaches unto me: for who is this that directeth his heart to come unto me, saith the Lord?
[22]And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
[23]Behold, the tempest of the Lord goeth forth with wrath: the whirlwind that hangeth over, shall light upon the head of the wicked.
[24]The fierce wrath of the Lord shall not return, until he have done, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it.
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