Jeremiah 30

The Restoration of Israel and Judah// Ezekiel 28:25–26

¹This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh: ²“This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you. ³For behold, the days are coming, declares Yahweh, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares Yahweh. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”

⁴These are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and Judah. ⁵Yes, this is what Yahweh says:

“A cry of panic is heard—

a cry of terror, not of peace.

⁶Ask now, and see:

Can a male give birth?

Why then do I see every man

with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor

and every face turned pale?

⁷How awful that day will be!

None will be like it!

It is the time of Jacob’s distress,

but he will be saved out of it.

• JER 30:7[PROPHECY]The time of Jacob's distress, yet he will be saved out of it; God will not make a full end of him → HISTORY: About six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, 1939 to 1945, yet the Jewish people survived and founded Israel in 1948. Many Christians see this verse here, while others read it differently.MEDIUM

⁸On that day,

declares Yahweh of Hosts,

I will break the yoke off their necks

and tear off their bonds,

and no longer will strangers enslave them.

⁹Instead, they will serve Yahweh their God

and David their king,

whom I will raise up for them.

• JER 30:9[PROPHECY]Israel would serve David their king whom God would raise up → LK 1:32-33; ACTS 13:22-23

¹⁰As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid,

declares Yahweh,

and do not be dismayed,

O Israel.

For I will surely save you out of a distant place,

your descendants from the land of their captivity!

Jacob will return to quiet and ease,

with no one to make him afraid.

¹¹For I am with you to save you,

declares Yahweh.

Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you,

I will not completely destroy you.

Yet I will discipline you justly,

and will by no means leave you unpunished.”

¹²For this is what Yahweh says:

“Your injury is incurable;

your wound is grievous.

¹³There is no one to plead your cause,

no remedy for your sores,

no recovery for you.

¹⁴All your lovers have forgotten you;

they no longer seek you,

for I have struck you as an enemy would,

with the discipline of someone cruel,

because of your great iniquity

and your numerous sins.

¹⁵Why do you cry out over your wound?

Your pain has no cure!

Because of your great iniquity

and your numerous sins

I have done these things to you.

¹⁶Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured,

and all your adversaries—every one of them—

will go off into exile.

Those who plundered you will be plundered,

and all who raided you will be raided.

¹⁷But I will restore your health and heal your wounds,

declares Yahweh,

because they call you an outcast,

Zion, for whom no one cares.”

¹⁸This is what Yahweh says:

“I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents

and have compassion on his dwellings.

And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins,

and the palace will stand in its rightful place.

¹⁹Thanksgiving will proceed from them,

a sound of celebration.

I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased;

I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.

²⁰Their children will be as in days of old,

and their congregation will be established before Me;

and I will punish all their oppressors.

²¹Their leader will be one of their own,

and their ruler will arise from their midst.

And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me,

for who would dare on his own to approach Me?”

declares Yahweh.

²²“And you will be My people,

and I will be your God.”

²³Behold, the storm of Yahweh

has gone out with fury,

a whirlwind swirling down

upon the heads of the wicked.

²⁴The fierce anger of Yahweh will not turn back

until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart.

In the days to come

you will understand this.