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Chapter 30
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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 I will not make a full end of thee: but I will
correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether
unpunished. |
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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 dwellingplaces;
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 hath done it, and until he have performed the intents
of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it. |
