1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2. Thus hath the Lord God of Israel spoken, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
3. For, Behold, the days come, said the Lord, that I will turn the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, said the Lord, and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4. And these are the words that the Lord spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
5. For thus hath the Lord said; We have heard a voice of trembling, of terror, and not of peace.
6. Ask now, and see whether the man doth travail with child? for I have seen that every man has his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail; and all faces have turned pale.
7. Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is 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 the Lord of the hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no longer place him in servitude,
9. but they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
10. Therefore fear thou not, O my slave Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I am he that saves thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall turn, and shall rest, and be quiet, and there shall be no one left to scatter him.
11. For I shall be with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee; and I shall make a full end in all Gentiles among whom I scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will chastise thee with judgment and will not cut thee off altogether.
12. For thus hath the Lord said, Thy breach is incurable, and thy sore is grievous.
13. There is no one to judge thy cause unto health; there is no cure, nor are there any medicines for thee.