1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
3For 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.
4And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
5For thus saith the Lord;
6Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?
7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it:
8For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts,
9But they shall serve the Lord their God,
10Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord;
11For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee:
12For thus saith the Lord,
13There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up:
14All thy lovers have forgotten thee;
15Why criest thou for thine affliction?
16Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured;
17For I will restore health unto thee,
18Thus saith the Lord:
19And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry:
20Their children also shall be as aforetime,
21And their nobles shall be of themselves,
22And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
23Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury,
24The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it,