¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

² "Thus speaks Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, 'Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

³ For, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah,' says Jehovah; 'and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.'"

⁴ These are the words that Jehovah spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

⁵ For thus says Jehovah: "We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

⁶ Ask now, and see whether a man does travail with child: why do I see every man with his hands on his waist, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

⁷ 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.

⁸ It shall come to pass in that day," says Jehovah of hosts, "that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondservant;

⁹ but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

¹⁰ Therefore do not be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Jehovah; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

¹¹ For I am with you, says Jehovah, to save you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished."

¹² For thus says Jehovah, "Your hurt is incurable, and your wound grievous.

¹³ There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines.

¹⁴ All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you: for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.

¹⁵ Why do you cry for your hurt? Your pain is incurable: for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.

¹⁶ Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and those who despoil you shall be a spoil, and all who prey on you will I give for a prey.

¹⁷ For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds," says Jehovah; "because they have called you an outcast, saying, 'It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.'"

¹⁸ Thus says Jehovah: "Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places; and the city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited in its own way.

¹⁹ Out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who 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 before, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all who oppress them.

²¹ Their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from their midst; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me: for who is he who has had boldness to approach to me? says Jehovah.

²² You shall be my people, and I will be your God.

²³ Behold, the storm of Jehovah, his wrath, has gone forth, a sweeping storm: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.

²⁴ The fierce anger of Jehovah will not return, until he has executed, and until he has performed the intentions of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it.