1. The word that came to Jeremiah from יְהוָ֥ה, saying,

2. Thus speaketh יְהוָ֥ה Elohim of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

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

4. And these the words that יְהוָ֥ה spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

5. For thus saith יְהוָ֥ה; 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 great, so that none like it: it 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 יְהוָ֥ה of hosts, 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 יְהוָ֥ה their Elohim, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

10. Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith יְהוָ֥ה; 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 afraid.

11. For I with thee, saith יְהוָ֥ה, 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 יְהוָ֥ה, Thy bruise incurable, thy wound grievous.

13. 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; thy sins were increased.

15. Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: 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 יְהוָ֥ה; because they called thee an Outcast, This Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

18. Thus saith יְהוָ֥ה; 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 this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith יְהוָ֥ה.

22. And ye shall be my people, and I will be your Elohim.

23. Behold, the whirlwind of יְהוָ֥ה goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

24. The fierce anger of יְהוָ֥ה shall not return, until he have done, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.