Jeremiah 30
The Return from
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the
LORD, saying,
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Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words
that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
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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.
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And these are the words that the
LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning
Judah.
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For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and
not of peace.
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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?
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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.
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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:
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but they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will
raise up unto them.
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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.
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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 will I not make a
full end of thee; but I will correct thee in measure, and will not
leave thee altogether unpunished. Jer. 46.27, 28
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For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy
wound is grievous.
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There is none to plead thy cause,
that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing
medicines.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of
Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city
shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain
after the manner thereof.
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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.
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Their children also shall be as
aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me,
and I will punish all that oppress them.
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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.
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And ye shall be my people, and I will be
your God.
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Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it
shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
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The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter
days ye shall consider it.
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