Jeremiah

Jeremiah 30

1God sheweth Jeremiah the return of the Jews, 4and their deliverance out of their trouble. 10He comforteth Jacob, 18and promiseth the Jews a gracious re-establishment in their ancient privileges. 23Wrath shall fall on the wicked.

1THE ^aword that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

a ch. 1.1,3; 2.1; 7.1; 26.15.

2Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, ^bWrite thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

b 2Pe. 1.21. ch. 36.2. Hab. 2.2. Is. 30.8. Ro. 15.4. Re. 1.19; 10.4.

3For, lo, ^cthe days come, saith the LORD, that ^dI will bring again the captivity of my people ^eIsrael and Judah, saith the LORD: and ^fI will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

c ch. 9.25. d v.18. ch. 32.37. Eze. 38.8; 39.25,26. ch. 23.3; 29.14; 27.22. Ho. 1.10,11; 2.1-23. Joel 2.21-32; 3.1,16-21. Am. 9.11-15. Ob. 17-21. Mi. 2.12,13; 4; 5; 7.8-20. Zec. 1-14. Ro. 11. Ezr. 2.1. ch. 31.23; 32.44. e ch. 31.6. f ch. 16.15. Ezr. 3.1; 8.12. Eze. 36.24.

4¶And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

5For thus saith the LORD; We have heard ^ga voice of trembling, ¹of fear, and not of peace.

g ch. 4.5-8,15,16,19-29. Is. 59.9-11.

6Ask ye now, and see whether a ²man doth ^*travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, ^has a woman in ^*travail, and ⁱall faces are turned into paleness?

h ch. 4.31; 6.24; 46.5. Na. 2.10. i Joel 2.6.

7^jAlas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but ^khe shall be saved out of it.

j Joel 2.11,31. Am. 5.18. Zep. 1.14-18. Mal. 4.1. Re. 6.17. Da. 9.12,14. La. 1-5. Eze. 7. De. 12.1. k v.3,8,10. Ps. 46.1-5.

8For it shall come to pass ^lin that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that ^mI will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

l Is. 2.11. m Is. 9.4; 10.27; 14.1-3. ch. 2.20; 25.14; 27.7; 50.18-20,33,34; 51.35,36. Na. 1.13.

9But ⁿthey shall serve the LORD their God, and ^oDavid their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

n Eze. 34.23; 37.24. Ho. 3.5. v.21. Ac. 2.30. Lu. 1.69. o Ps. 89.3. Is. 55.3,4.

10¶Therefore ^pfear thou not, O ^qmy servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, ^rI will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and ^sshall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

p Is. 41.10,13-15; 43.5; 44.2. ch. 46.27,28. q Is. 41.8. r ch. 23.3; 29.14. v.3. Ro. 11. Ezr. 1; 2; 7; 8. Ne. 1-13. s ch. 23.6. Ho. 2.18. Eze. 34.25. Mi. 4.3,4. Is. 26.1-3; 2.2-5; 11; 12; 25-27; 35.

11For ^tI am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, ^uyet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

t ch. 15.20. Is. 41.10; 43.2. Eze. 11.16,17. u Is. 26.14,19; 27.7,8. Am. 9.8. Ps. 6.1,2. ch. 4.27; 10.24; 46.28.

12For thus saith the LORD, ^vThy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

v 2Ch. 36.16. v.15. ch. 15.18. Eze. 37.11. Ps. 142.4. Is. 1.5,6. ch. 14.17; 31.15. v.15.

13There is ^wnone to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be ³bound up: ^xthou hast no healing medicines.

w 1Ti. 2.5,6. 1Jn. 2.1. Eze. 22.30. Is. 59.16. ch. 6.28; 22.6. x v.17. ch. 8.22. Is. 1.5,6.

14^yAll thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for ^zI 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.

y ch. 2.36; 4.30. Eze. 16.36-43. Ho. 2.5-10. Job 13.24. z La. 1-5. ch. 4; 9; 15; 16; 19; 21. Eze. 5-23. Job 30.21. Ho. 5.14.

15Why ^acriest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable ^bfor the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

a La. 3.39. ch. 15.18; 31.15. Mi. 7.9. b v.14. ch. 2.19,20,28. Is. 1-3; 5; 59. Eze. 16; 20; 22; 23. Mi. 1-3; 6; 7. Zep. 3.1-5. ch. 1-23.

16^cTherefore all they that devour thee ^dshall 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.

c v.11. d Ex. 23.22. Is. 33.1; 41.11,12. ch. 46-51; 18.23 Re. 13.10. Eze. 25-35; 38; 39. Zep. 2. Zec. 1; 9; 10; 12; 14. Is. 13; 14; 21; 47.

17For ^eI will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; ^fbecause they called thee an Outcast, saying , This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

e ch. 33.6. Ps. 23.3; 103.3; 107.20. Ex. 15.26. ch. 3.22. Is. 30.18,26. f Ps. 12.5; 74; 79.4-12; 44.9-26. La. 2.15-17. Mi. 4.6.

18¶Thus saith the LORD; Behold, ^gI will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; ^hand the city shall be builded upon her own ⁴heap, and the palace shall remain after the ^*manner thereof.

g ch. 23.3; 29.14. v.3. Am. 9.11. h ch. 31.38,39. Zec. 2.4. Ps. 102.13.

19And ⁱout of them shall proceed ^jthanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and ^kI will multiply them, and they shall not be few; ^lI will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

i ch. 31.4,12,13,18. Is. 12; 25; 26; 35; 40-66. Ps. 42.4. j Is. 51.11. k Zec. 10.8. Is. 60.22. ch. 31.8,27. l Is. 49; 60-62. Eze. 34; 36; 37. ch. 31; 33.

20Their ^mchildren also shall be ⁿas ^*aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and ^oI will punish all that oppress them.

m Ps. 90.14-17; 102.28. Is. 1.26,27. n ch. 33.7,11. o ch. 2.3. v.16.

21And ⁵their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and ^pI 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.

p Nu. 16.5. He. 7.22; 9.15. Ps. 40.6-8; 110.4. Mat. 3.15. Lu. 24.26. He. 1.3; 4.14; 7.25; 9.24. 1Jn. 2.1,2. Ro. 8.33.

22And ye shall be ^qmy people, and I will be your God.

q ch. 24.7; 31.33; 32.38. Zec. 13.9. Eze. 11.20; 36.28; 37.27. Ho. 2.23. Re. 21.3. Le. 26.12.

23Behold, the ^rwhirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a ⁶continuing whirlwind: it shall ⁷fall with pain upon the head of ^sthe wicked.

r ch. 23.19,20; 25.32. Mal. 4.1. s ch. 10.25. v.16. Is. 3.11. Eze. 18.4.

24The ^tfierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it , and until he have performed the intents of his heart: ^uin the latter days ye shall consider it.

t Is. 14.24-27; 46.11. ch. 4.28; 12.13. Eze. 20.47,48. Re. 15.1,8. u ch. 23.20. Ec. 7.14. Is. 52.15. Da. 9.23. Ge. 49.1. Ho. 3.5; 14.9. Ps. 107.43. Eze. 38.16.