1. This is the word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:
2. Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, saying: Write thee all the words that I have spoken to thee, in a book.
3. For behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Juda, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4. And these are the words that the Lord hath spoken to Israel and to Juda:
5. For thus saith the Lord: We have heard a voice of terror: there is fear and no peace.
6. Ask ye, and see if a man bear children? why then have I seen every man with his hands on his loins, like a woman in labour, and all faces are turned yellow?
7. Alas, for that day is great, neither is there the like to it; and it Is the time of tribulation to Jacob, but he shall be saved out of it.
8. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst his bands: and strangers shall no more rule over him:
9. But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.
10. Therefore fear thou not, my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for behold, I will save thee from a country afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity: and Jacob shall return, and be at rest, and abound with all good things, and there shall be none whom he may fear:
11. For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: for I will utterly consume all the nations, among which I have scattered thee: but I will not utterly consume thee: but I will chastise thee in judgment, that thou mayst not seem to thyself innocent.
12. For thus saith the Lord: Thy bruise is incurable, thy wound is very grievous.