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?