Jeremiah 30:1-24 CEB

[1] Jeremiah received the LORD’s word: [2] The LORD, the God of Israel, proclaims: Write down in a scroll all the words I have spoken to you. [3] The time is coming, declares the LORD, when I will bring back my people Israel and Judah from captivity, says the LORD. I will bring them home to the land that I gave to their ancestors, and they will possess it. [4] Here are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah: [5] The LORD proclaims: I hear screams of panic and terror; no one is safe. [6] Ask and see: Can men bear children? Then why do I see every man bent over in pain, as if he’s in labor? Why have all turned pale? [7] That day is awful, beyond words. A time of unspeakable pain for my people Jacob. But they will be delivered from it. [8] At that time, I will break the yoke off their necks and remove their shackles. Foreigners will no longer enslave them, declares the LORD of heavenly forces. [9] They will serve the LORD their God and the king whom I will raise up for them from David’s family. [10] So don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob, declares the LORD, Don’t lose hope, Israel. I will deliver you from faraway places and your children from the land of their exile. My people Jacob will again be safe and sound, with no one harassing them. [11] I am with you and will rescue you, declares the LORD. I will put an end to all the nations where I have scattered you. But I won’t put an end to you. I won’t let you remain unpunished: I will discipline you as you deserve. [12] This is what the LORD says: Your injury is incurable; your illness is grave. [13] No one comes to your aid; no one attends to your wound; your disease is incurable. [14] All your lovers disregard you; they write you off as a lost cause, because I have dealt harshly with you as an enemy would, because your guilt is great and your sins are many. [15] Why cry out for relief from your pain? Your wound is incurable. I have done these things to you, because your guilt is great and your sins are many. [16] Yet all who ravage you will be ravaged; all who oppress you will go into exile. Those who rob you will be robbed, and all who plunder you will be plundered. [17] I will restore your health, and I will heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because you were labeled an outcast, “Zion, the lost cause.” [18] The LORD proclaims: I will restore Jacob’s tents and have pity on their birthplace. Their city will be rebuilt on its ruins and the palace in its rightful place. [19] There will be laughter and songs of thanks. I will add to their numbers so they don’t dwindle away. I will honor them so they aren’t humiliated. [20] Their children will thrive as they did long ago, and their community will be established before me. I will punish their oppressors. [21] They will have their own leader; their ruler will come from among them. I will let him approach me, and he will draw near. Who would dare approach me unless I let them come? declares the LORD. [22] You will be my people, and I will be your God. [23] Look! The LORD’s anger breaks out like a violent storm, a fierce wind that strikes the heads of the wicked. [24] The LORD’s fierce anger won’t turn back until God’s purposes are entirely accomplished. In the days to come, you will understand what this means.