Jeremias 30

¹ The worde, that came to Ieremiah from the Lord, saying,

² Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write for thee all the words that I have spoken to thee in aBecause they would be assured and their posterity confirmed in the hope of this deliverance promised.book.

³ For loe, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I wil bring againe the captiuitie of my people Israel and Iudah, saith the Lord: for I will restore them vnto the lande, that I gaue to their fathers, and they shall possesse it.

⁴ Againe, these are the wordes that the Lord spake concerning Israel, and concerning Iudah.

⁵ For thus saith the LORD; We have heard aHe shows that before this deliverance will come, the Chaldeans would be extremely afflicted by their enemies, and that they would be in such perplexity and sorrow as a woman in her travail as (Isa_13:8).voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

⁶ Demand now and beholde, if man trauayle with childe? wherefore doe I beholde euery man with his hands on his loynes as a woman in trauaile, and all faces are turned into a palenesse?

⁷ Alas! for thatMeaning that the time of their captivity would be grievous.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.

⁸ When I will visit Babylon.For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will breakOf the king of Babylon.his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no moreThat is, of Jacob.bring him into subjection:

⁹ But they shall serve the LORD their God, andThat is, Messiah who would come of the stock of David according to the flesh and would be the true pastor, (Eze_34:23) who is set forth and his kingdom would be everlasting in the person of David, (Hos_3:5).David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

¹⁰ Therefore feare not, O my seruant Iaakob, saith the Lorde, neither be afrayde, O Israel: for loe, I will deliuer thee from a farre countrey, and thy seede from the lande of their captiuitie, and Iaakob shall turne againe, and shalbe in rest and prosperitie and none shall make him afraide.

¹¹ For I [am] with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will notIn this is commanded God's great mercy toward his, who does not destroy them for their sins, but corrects and chastises them till he has purged and pardoned them and so burns the rods by which he punished them, (Isa_33:1).leave thee altogether unpunished.

¹² For thus saith the Lorde, Thy bruising is incurable, and thy wound is dolorous.

¹³ There is none to iudge thy cause, or to lay a plaister: there are no medicines, nor help for thee.

¹⁴ All thy louers haue forgotten thee: they seeke thee not: for I haue striken thee with the wound of an enemie, and with a sharpe chastisement for ye multitude of thine iniquities, because thy sinnes were increased.

¹⁵ Why cryest thou for thine affliction? thy sorowe is incurable, for the multitude of thine iniquities: because thy sinnes were increased, I haue done these things vnto thee.

¹⁶ Therefore all they that deuoure thee, shal be deuoured, & all thine enemies euery one shall goe into captiuitie: and they that spoyle thee, shalbe spoyled, and all they that robbe thee, wil I giue to be robbed.

¹⁷ For I will restore health vnto thee, and I will heale thee of thy woundes, 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 captives of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be built upon her own heap, and theMeaning that the city and the temple would be restored to their former estate.palace shall remain after its manner.

¹⁹ And out of them shall proceedHe shows how the people will with praise and thanksgiving acknowledge this blessing.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.

²⁰ Their children also shall be as afore time, and their congregation shall be established before me: and I will visite all that vexe them.

²¹ And theirMeaning, Zerubbabel, who was the figure of Christ in whom this was accomplished.nobles shall be from themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me: for who [is] this that engaged hisSignifying that Christ willingly submits himself to the obedience of God his father.heart to approach to me? saith the LORD.

²² And ye shall be my people, and I will bee your God.

²³ Behold,Lest the wicked hypocrites should flatter themselves with these promises the prophet shows what will be their portion.the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

²⁴ The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath done [it], and until he hath performed the intents of his heart: in theWhen this Messiah and deliverer is sent.latter days ye shall consider it.