New English Translation
Jeremiah 30:7
7Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is! There has never been any like it. It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob, but some of them will be rescued out of it.
Jeremiah 30:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)How awful that day will be! No other will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Alas! That day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out of it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Alas! For that day is great, So that none is like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, But he shall be saved out of it.
Context of Jeremiah 30:7
5Yes, here is what he says: “You hear cries of panic and of terror; there is no peace in sight. 6Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully: Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby? Why then do I see all these strong men grabbing their stomachs in pain like a woman giving birth? And why do their faces turn so deathly pale? Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is! There has never been any like it. It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob, but some of them will be rescued out of it. 8When the time for them to be rescued comes,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will rescue you from foreign subjugation. I will deliver you from captivity. Foreigners will then no longer subjugate them. 9But they will be subject to the Lord their God and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.
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ה֗וֹי כִּ֥י גָד֛וֹל הַיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא מֵאַ֣יִן כָּמֹ֑הוּ וְעֵֽת־צָרָ֥ה הִיא֙ לְיַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וּמִמֶּ֖נָּה יִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 30:7
- Isaiah 2:12Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;
- Ezekiel 7:6An end comes – the end comes! It has awakened against you – the end is upon you! Look, it is coming!
- Hosea 1:11Then the people of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader, and will flourish in the land. Certainly, the day of Jezreel will be great!
- Joel 2:11The voice of the Lord thunders as he leads his army. Indeed, his warriors are innumerable; Surely his command is carried out! Yes, the day of the Lord is awesome and very terrifying – who can survive it?
- Amos 5:18Woe to those who wish for the day of the Lord! Why do you want the Lord’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.
- Zephaniah 1:14The Lord’s great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a bitter sound on the Lord’s day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle.
- Zechariah 14:1A day of the Lord is about to come when your possessions will be divided as plunder in your midst.
- Malachi 4:1(3:19) “For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the Lord who rules over all. “It will not leave even a root or branch.
- Acts 2:20The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
- Revelation 6:17because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
- Lamentations 1:12Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine? The Lord has afflicted me, he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger. מ (Mem)
- Lamentations 2:13With what can I equate you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? נ (Nun)
- Lamentations 4:6The punishment of my people exceeded that of of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her. ז (Zayin)
- Daniel 9:12He has carried out his threats against us and our rulers who were over us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!
- Daniel 12:1“At that time Michael, the great prince who watches over your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress unlike any other from the nation’s beginning up to that time. But at that time your own people, all those whose names are found written in the book, will escape.
- Matthew 24:21For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 30:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Alas! for that day is great - When the Medes and Persians with all their forces shall come on the Chaldeans, it will be the day of Jacob's trouble - trial, dismay, and uncertainty; but he shall be delivered out of it - the Chaldean empire shall fall, but the Jews shall be delivered by Cyrus. Jerusalem shall be destroyed by the Romans, but the Israel of God shall be delivered from its ruin. Not one that had embraced Christianity perished in the sackage of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7That day - i. e., the day of the capture of Babylon. It is even the time of Jacob‘s trouble - Rather, and it is a time of trouble to Jacob, i. e., of anxiety to the Jews, for the usages of war were so brutal that they would be in danger when the enemy made their assault.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The time of trouble was when Babylon captured and destroyed Judah in 586 BC.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. great--marked by great calamities (Joe 2:11, 31; Am 5:18; Zep 1:14). none like it ... but he shall be saved--(Da 12:1). The partial deliverance at Babylon's downfall prefigures the final, complete deliverance of Israel, literal and spiritual, at the downfall of the mystical Babylon (Re 18:1-19:21).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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