The Restoration of Israel and Judah

1(37:1) THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS FROM THE LORD, SAYING, 2(37:2) Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write all the words which I have spoken to thee in a book. 3(37:3) For, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel and Juda, said the Lord: and I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall be lords of it.

4(37:4) AND THESE ARE THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD SPOKE CONCERNING ISRAEL AND JUDA;

5(37:5) Thus said the Lord: Ye shall hear a sound of fear, there is fear, and there is not peace.

6(37:6) Enquire, and see if a male has born a child? and ask concerning the fear, wherein 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(37:7) For that day is great, and there is not such another; and it is a time of straitness to Jacob; but he shall be saved out of it.

8(37:8) 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(37:9) but they shall serve the Lord their God; and I will raise up to them David their king.

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12(37:12) Thus saith the Lord; I have brought on thee destruction; thy stroke is painful.

13(37:13) There is none to judge thy cause: thou hast been painfully treated for healing, there is no help for thee.

14(37:14) All thy friends have forgotten thee; they shall not ask about thee at all, for I have smitten thee with he stroke of an enemy, even severe correction: thy sins have abounded above all thine iniquity.

15(37:15) Thy sins have abounded beyond the multitude of thine iniquities, therefore they have done these things to thee.

16(37:16) Therefore all that devour thee shall be eaten, and all thine enemies shall eat all their own flesh. And they that spoil thee shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered thee.

17(37:17) For I will bring about thy healing, I will heal thee of thy grievous wound, saith the Lord; for thou art called Dispersed: she is your prey, for no one seeks after her.

18(37:18) 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(37:19) And there shall go forth from them singers, even the sound of men making merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not at all be diminished.

20(37:20) And their sons shall go in as before, and their testimonies shall be established before me, and I will visit them that afflict them.

21(37:21) 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? saith the Lord.

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23(37:23) 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(37:24) 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 ye shall know these things.