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1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2 Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.
3 For behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will bring back the captivity of My people Israel and Judah; and I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall be masters over it, says the Lord.
4 And these are the words which the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
5 Thus said the Lord: You shall hear a sound of fear- fear, and not peace.
6 Ask, and see if a male has ever born a child? And [ask] concerning the fear, why they shall hold their loins, and [look for] safety; for I have seen every man, and his hands are on his loins; [their] faces are turned to paleness.
7 For that day is great, and there is none like it; and it is a time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
8 In that day, said the Lord, I will break the yoke off their neck, and will burst their bonds, and they shall no longer serve strangers.
9 But they shall serve the Lord their God; and I will raise up to them David their king.
10 [This translation omits this verse.]
11 [This translation omits this verse.]
12 Thus says the Lord: I have brought on [you] destruction. Your stroke is painful.
13 There is none to judge your cause; you have been painfully treated for healing, there is no help for you.
14 All your friends have forgotten you; they shall not ask [about you] at all, for I have smitten you with the stroke of the enemy, [even] severe correction. Your sins have abounded above all your iniquity.
15 Your sins have abounded beyond the multitude of your iniquities, [therefore] they have done these things to you.
16 Therefore all that devour you shall be eaten, and all your enemies shall eat all their [own] flesh. And they that spoil you shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered you.
17 For I will bring about your healing, I will heal you of your grievous wound, says the Lord; for you are called Dispersed: she is your prey, for no one seeks after her.
18 Thus said the Lord: Behold, I will turn the captivity of Jacob, and will have pity upon his prisoners; and the city shall be built upon her hill, and the people shall settle after their manner.
19 And there shall go forth from them singers, [even] the sound of men making merry, and I will multiply them, and they shall by no means be diminished.
20 And their sons shall go in as before, and their testimonies shall be established before Me, and I will visit those that afflict them.
21 And their mighty ones shall be over them, and their prince shall proceed of themselves; and I will gather them, and they shall return to Me; for who is this that has set his heart to return to Me? Says the Lord.
22 [This translation omits this verse.]
23 For the wrathful anger of the Lord has gone forth, [even] a whirlwind of anger has gone forth: it shall come upon the ungodly.
24 The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until He shall execute [it], and until He shall establish the purpose of His heart. In the latter days you shall know these things.
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