¹ And the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ me, saying,

¹ The word that was to^▵ Jeremiah^◦ from Jehovah, saying,

² Thus says Jehovah God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto^▵ thee in^▵ a book.

³ For, behold, the days come, says^◦ Jehovah, that I will return the captivity of My people Israel and Judah, says Jehovah; 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 Jehovah spoke concerning^▵ Israel and concerning^▵ Judah.

⁵ For thus says Jehovah: We have heard a voice of fright; there is dread, and no peace.

⁶ Ask ye now^◦, and see if a male gives·​·birth? Wherefore do I see every mighty·​·man with his hands on his hips^◦, as a woman giving·​·birth, and all the faces are turned into^◦ paleness^◦?

⁷ Woe! for that^◦ day is great, so that none is like^▵ it; it^◦ is even^▵ the time of the adversity for Jacob; but from it he shall be saved.

⁸ And it shall be in that^◦ day, says^◦ Jehovah of Armies, that I will break his yoke from upon thy neck, and will pull·​·off thy bonds, and strangers shall no^◦ more^◦ serve under him;

⁹ but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise·​·up unto them^◦.

¹⁰ Therefore fear thou^◦ not, O My servant Jacob, says^◦ Jehovah; 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·​·quiet, and be·​·at·​·ease, and none shall frighten him.

¹¹ For I^◦ am with^◦ thee, says^◦ Jehovah, to save thee; though^◦ I make a complete end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a complete end of thee; but I will reprove thee in measure, and making innocent I will not make thee innocent.

¹² For thus says Jehovah, Thy break is desperate, thy smiting is·​·sick.

¹³ There is none who make·​·the·​·cause for thy cause for a compress; the healings bring· thee not^◦ ·up.

¹⁴ All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they inquire not after thee; for I have smitten thee with the smiting of an enemy, with cruel chastisement, on·​·account·​·of the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were·​·numerous.

¹⁵ What dost thou cry for^▵ thy breaking? Thy pain is desperate for^▵ the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were·​·numerous, I have done these to 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 who pillage thee shall be for pillaging, and all who plunder thee will I give for plunder.

¹⁷ For I will restore^* thy health^◦, and I will heal thee of thy blows^◦, says^◦ Jehovah; for they called thee an outcast^◦, saying, She^◦ is Zion; no·​·one inquires·​·after her.

¹⁸ Thus says Jehovah; Behold, I will return the captivity of the tents of Jacob, and have·​·compassion·​·on his habitations; and the city shall be built upon her own mound, and the palace shall be·​·situated according to its own manner^◦*.

¹⁹ And confession shall go·​·out from them^◦, and the voice of those who play; and I will multiply them, and they shall not be·​·few; and I will also glorify them, and they shall not be·​·little.

²⁰ And his sons shall be as in ancient times, and his congregation shall be established before Me, and I will visit all who press·​·against him.

²¹ And his magnificent one shall be from him, and his ruler shall go·​·out from the midst^◦ of him; and I will cause him to come·​·near, and he shall approach Me; for who is he^◦, this one who makes· his heart ·surety to approach Me? says^◦ Jehovah.

²² And you shall be My people, and I^▵ will be your God.

²³ Behold, the whirlwind of Jehovah goes·​·forth with fury, a sawing whirlwind; it shall travail upon the head of the wicked.

²⁴ The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not turn·​·back, until He shall have done it, and until He shall have raised·​·up the purpose of His heart; in the latter days you shall understand it.