God tells Jeremiah to write in a book the promise of restoration. Jacob's time of trouble will end, and the yoke will be broken. I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds.
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD , saying ,
2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel , saying , Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book .
3 For, 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.
4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah .
5 For thus saith the LORD ; We have heard a voice of trembling , of fear , and not of peace .
6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child ? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins , 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 For it shall come to pass in that day , saith the LORD of hosts , that I will break his yoke from off thy neck , and will burst thy bonds , and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
9 But they shall serve the LORD their God , and David their king , whom I will raise up unto them.
10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob , saith the LORD ; neither be dismayed , O Israel : for, lo, I will save thee from afar , and thy seed from the land of their captivity ; and Jacob shall return , and shall be in rest , and be quiet , and none shall make him afraid .
11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD , to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure , and will not leave thee altogether unpunished .
12 For thus saith the LORD , Thy bruise is incurable , and thy wound is grievous .
13 There is none to plead thy cause , that thou mayest be bound up : thou hast no healing medicines .
14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy , with the chastisement of a cruel one , for the multitude of thine iniquity ; because thy sins were increased .
15 Why criest thou for thine affliction ? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity : because thy sins were increased , I have done these things unto thee.
16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured ; and all thine adversaries , every one of them, shall go into captivity ; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil , and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey .
17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds , saith the LORD ; because they called thee an Outcast , saying, This is Zion , whom no man seeketh after .
18 Thus saith the LORD ; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents , and have mercy on his dwellingplaces ; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap , and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
19 And out of them shall proceed 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 aforetime , and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near , and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD .
22 And ye shall be my people , and I will be your God .
23 Behold, 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 have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart : in the latter days ye shall consider it.