1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2“The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
3For, behold, the days come,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will reverse the captivity of my people Israel and Judah,’ says the LORD. ‘I will cause them to return 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 concerning Judah.
5For the LORD says:
6Ask now, and see whether a man travails with child.
7Alas, for that day is great, so that none is like it!
8It will come to pass in that day, says the LORD of Hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck,
9but they will serve the LORD their God,
10Therefore don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD.
11For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you;
12For the LORD says,
13There is no one to plead your cause,
14All your lovers have forgotten you.
15Why do you cry over your injury?
16Therefore all those who devour you will be devoured.
17For I will restore health to you,
18The LORD says:
19Thanksgiving will proceed out of them
20Their children also will be as before,
21Their prince will be one of them,
22“You shall be my people,
23Behold, the LORD’s storm, his wrath, has gone out,
24The fierce anger of the LORD will not return until he has accomplished,