¶ The 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.

For, lo, the days³ come, saith the LORD, that I⁴ will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I⁵ will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and⁶ concerning Judah.

For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice⁷ of trembling, of fear, and not of peace⁸.

Ask ye now, and see whether a man⁹ 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 paleness¹⁰?

Alas! for¹¹ that day is great, so¹² that none is like it: it is¹³ even the time of Jacob's trouble; but¹⁴ he shall be saved out of it.

For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I¹⁵ will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve¹⁶ themselves of him:

¹⁷But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

¶ Therefore fear¹⁸ thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I¹⁹ will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall²⁰ be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

For I am²¹ with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though²² I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I²³ will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

²⁴For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

There is none²⁵ to plead thy cause, that²⁶ thou mayest be bound up: thou hast²⁷ no healing medicines.

All thy lovers²⁸ have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I²⁹ have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because³⁰ thy sins were increased.

Why³¹ criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the³³ multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

³⁴Therefore 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.

For I³⁵ will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they³⁶ called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

¶ Thus saith the LORD; Behold,³⁷ I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city³⁸ shall be builded upon her own heap³⁹, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

And out⁴⁰ of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I⁴¹ will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will⁴² also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

¶ Their children⁴³ also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I⁴⁴ will punish all that oppress them.

And their nobles⁴⁵ shall be of themselves, and their governor⁴⁶ shall proceed from the midst of them; and I⁴⁷ will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for⁴⁸ who is this that engaged⁴⁹ his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.

⁵⁰And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Behold, the whirlwind⁵¹ of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing⁵² whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

The fierce⁵³ anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in⁵⁴ the latter days ye shall consider it.