1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
2“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
3For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity 30:3 Or restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
4These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
5Yes, this is what the LORD says:
6Ask now, and see:
7How awful that day will be!
8On that day,
9Instead, they will serve the LORD their God
10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid,
11For I am with you to save you,
12For this is what the LORD says:
13There is no one to plead your cause,
14All your lovers have forgotten you;
15Why do you cry out over your wound?
16Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured,
17But I will restore your health and heal your wounds,
18This is what the LORD says:
19Thanksgiving will proceed from them,
20Their children will be as in days of old,
21Their leader will be one of their own,
22“And you will be My people,
23Behold, the storm of the LORD
24The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back