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JEREMIAH
30.23
- 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 again be quiet and at ease,
- And none shall make him afraid.
- 11For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee;
- For I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee,
- But I will not make a full end of thee;
- For I will correct thee in measure,
- And will not utterly destroy thee.
- 12For thus saith the Lord:
- Thy hurt is incurable,
- And thy wound is grievous.
- 13None deemeth of thy wound that it may be bound up;
- Thou hast no healing medicines.
- 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 greatness of thine iniquity,
- Because thy sins were increased.
- 15Why criest thou for thy hurt,
- That thy pain is incurable?
- For the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased,
- I have done these things unto thee.
- 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.
- 17For I will restore health unto thee,
- And I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord;
- Because they have called thee an outcast:
- 'She is [1]Zion, there is none that careth for her.'
- 18Thus saith the Lord:
- Behold, I will turn the captivity of Jacob's tents,
- And have compassion on his dwelling-places;
- And the city shall be builded upon her own mound,
- And the palace shall be inhabited upon its wonted place.
- 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 diminished,
- I will also increase them, and they shall not dwindle away.
- 20Their children also shall be as aforetime,
- And their congregation shall be established before Me,
- And I will punish all that oppress them.
- 21And their prince shall be of themselves,
- And their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them;
- And I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto Me;
- For who is he that hath pledged his heart
- To approach unto Me? saith the Lord.
- 22And ye shall be My people,
- And I will be your God.
- 23Behold, a storm of the Lord is gone forth in fury,
- A sweeping storm;
- It shall whirl upon the head of the wicked.
- ↑ With a play on the meaning, a dry land.
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