Thomson(i)
1 The word which came from the Lord to Jeremias, to wit.
2 Thus spake the Lord the God of Israel, saying, Write all the words which I have delivered to thee in a book:
3 for behold the days are coming saith the Lord when I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel and Juda, said the Lord; and I will bring them to this land, which I gave to their fathers and they shall rule over it.
4 Now these are the words which the Lord spake concerning Israel and Juda.
5 Thus said the Lord, You shall hear the sound of terror. It is terror and not peace.
6 Inquire and see! Hath a male ever brought forth? Now with respect to the terror, in which they will hold their loins, it is indeed for a deliverance. [p] Why then have I seen every man with his hands on his loins? Their faces are turned to paleness.
7 [J] It is because that great day is come which is unparalleled. It is indeed a distressful time to Jacob, but by this he shall be saved.
8 In that day, saith the Lord, I will break the yoke from their neck, and burst their bonds asunder; and they shall no more work for strangers.
9 But they must work for the Lord their God and I will raise up for them David their king.
10 [Omitted]
11 [Omitted]
12 Thus said the Lord, I raised up affliction; thy wound was grievous;
13 there is none to plead thy cause; the attempts to cure thee increased thy pain; there is no relief for thee;
14 all thy friends forgot thee; they would make no inquiry for thee; because I inflicted on thee the wound of an enemy, a severe chastisement for all thine iniquity; thy sins had multiplied:
15 [Omitted]
16 therefore all that devour thee shall be devoured, and all thine enemies shall eat their own flesh. For the multitude of thine iniquities [thy sins indeed were multiplied] they have done all these things to thee; but they who plunder thee shall be for plunder; and all who have preyed upon thee, I will give for a prey.
17 Because I will bring up the cure for thee I will cure thee, saith the Lord, of thy painful wound; because thou wast called the Outcast, the hunt is up after thee; because there is none who seeketh this outcast,
18 thus saith the Lord, Behold I myself will bring back the outcast of Jacob, and his captivity I will compassionate. And the city shall be rebuilt on its height; and the people shall sit for the administration of justice.
19 And from them shall come forth singers; the sound of the sportive; and I will multiply them and they shall not be diminished.
20 And their sons shall come in as in former times; and their judicatories shall be established in my presence. And I will punish them who afflict them.
21 His own mighties shall preside over them; and from him his own chief shall come forth; and he will gather them that they may return to me" that he who hath given his heart, whoever he is, may return to me, saith the Lord.
22 [Omitted]
23 Because the anger of the Lord hath gone forth; hath gone forth a furious anger, it will come whirling on the wicked; the fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back, till he hath done; till he hath executed the purpose of his heart. In the latter days you will know these things.