1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Many Bible Versions
2Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. Many Bible Versions
3For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. Many Bible Versions
4And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. Many Bible Versions
5For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. Many Bible Versions
6Ask 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? Many Bible Versions
7Alas! 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. Many Bible Versions
8For 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 thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: Many Bible Versions
9But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. Many Bible Versions
10Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; 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 him afraid. Many Bible Versions
11For I am with thee, saith the Lord, 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. Many Bible Versions
12For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. Many Bible Versions
13There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. Many Bible Versions
14All 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; because thy sins were increased. Many Bible Versions
15Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. Many Bible Versions
16Therefore 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. Many Bible Versions
17For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. Many Bible Versions
18Thus saith the Lord; 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. Many Bible Versions
19And 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. Many Bible Versions
20Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. Many Bible Versions
21And 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 is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord. Many Bible Versions
22And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. Many Bible Versions
23Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. Many Bible Versions
24The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it. Many Bible Versions