Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 30

1Thewordהַדָּבָר֙ha.da.VarH1697thatcameהָיָ֣הha.YahH1961toJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414from theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541speaketh theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,sayingH559,Writeכְּתָב־ke.tov-H3789theeallכָּל־kol-H3605thewordsהַדְּבָרִ֛יםha.de.va.RimH1697that I havespokenדִּבַּ֥רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696unto thee in abookסֵֽפֶר׃Se.ferH5612.

3For,loהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009, thedaysיָמִ֤יםya.MimH3117comeבָּאִים֙ba.'ImH935, saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, that I willturnH7725againH7725thecaptivityשְׁב֨וּתshe.VutH7622of mypeopleעַמִּ֧י'a.MiH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478andJudahוִֽיהוּדָ֖הvi.hu.DahH3063, saith theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: and I willcauseH5414them toreturnH7725to thelandהָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzH776that IgaveH5414to theirfathersלַאֲבוֹתָ֖םla.'a.vo.TamH1, and they shallpossessוִֽירֵשֽׁוּהָ׃ פVi.re.Shu.haH3423it.

4Andtheseוְאֵ֣לֶּהve.'E.lehH428are thewordsהַדְּבָרִ֗יםha.de.va.RimH1697that theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068spake concerningIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478and concerningJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

5Forthusכֹה֙khohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068:Weכִּי־ki-H3588haveheardשָׁמָ֑עְנוּsha.Ma.'e.nuH8085avoiceק֥וֹלKolH6963oftremblingחֲרָדָ֖הcha.ra.DahH2731, offearפַּ֖חַדPa.chadH6343, andnotוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369ofpeaceשָׁלֽוֹם׃sha.LomH7965.

6Askשַׁאֲלוּ־sha.'a.lu-H7592yenowנָ֣אna'H4994, andseeוּרְא֔וּu.re.'UH7200whetherH518amanגֶּ֜בֶרGe.verH1397doth travail withchildH3205: whereforedoH518Iseeרָאִ֨יתִיra.'I.tiH7200everyכָל־khol-H3605manH1397with hishandsיָדָ֤יוya.DavH3027on hisloinsחֲלָצָיו֙cha.la.TzavH2504, as a woman in travail, andallכָל־khol-H3605facesפָּנִ֖יםpa.NimH6440areturnedוְנֶהֶפְכ֥וּve.ne.hef.KhuH2015intoעַל־'al-H5921paleness?

7Alasה֗וֹיHoH1945! for thatdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117isgreatגָד֛וֹלga.DolH1419,soH4480thatnoneמֵאַ֣יִןme.'A.yinH369is like it: it isevenכִּ֥יkiH3588the time ofJacob’sלְיַֽעֲקֹ֔בle.ya.'a.KoH3290troubleצָרָ֥הtza.RahH6869; but he shall besavedיִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃yi.va.She.a'H3467outH4480of it.

8And it shallcomeH1961topassH1961in thatdayבַיּ֨וֹםvai.YomH3117, saith theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֗וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, that I willbreakאֶשְׁבֹּ֤ר'esh.BorH7665hisyokeעֻלּוֹ֙u.LoH5923fromoffH5921thyneckצַוָּארֶ֔ךָtza.va.Re.khaH6677, and willburstאֲנַתֵּ֑ק'a.na.TekH5423thybandsוּמוֹסְרוֹתֶ֖יךָu.mos.ro.Tei.khaH4147; andstrangersזָרִֽים׃za.RimH2114shallnoוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808moreע֖וֹדodH5750serveיַעַבְדוּ־ya.'av.du-H5647themselvesH5921of him:

9but they shallserveוְעָ֣בְד֔וּve.'A.ve.DuH5647theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, andDavidדָּוִ֣דda.VidH1732theirkingמַלְכָּ֔םmal.KamH4428,whomאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834I willraiseאָקִ֖ים'a.KimH6965upH6965unto them.

10Thereforefearתִּירָא֩ti.Ra'H3372thounotH369, OJacobיַעֲקֹ֤בya.'a.KoH3290myservantעַבְדִּ֨י'av.DiH5650, saith theLORDיְהֹוָה֙Yah.wehH3068;neitherH369bedismayedתֵּחַ֣תte.ChatH2865, OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478: for,loהִנְנִ֤יhi.NiH2005, I willsaveמוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֙mo.shi.'a.KhaH3467thee fromafarמֵֽרָח֔וֹקme.ra.ChokH7350, and thyseedזַרְעֲךָ֖zar.'a.KhaH2233from thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of theircaptivityשִׁבְיָ֑םshiv.YamH7628; andJacobיַעֲקֹ֛בya.'a.KoH3290shallreturnוְשָׁ֧בve.ShavH7725, and shall bequietוְשָׁקַ֥טve.sha.KatH8252and ateaseוְשַׁאֲנַ֖ןve.sha.'a.NanH7599, andnoneH369shallmakeמַחֲרִֽיד׃ma.cha.RidH2729himafraidH3372.

11For I am with thee, saith theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, tosaveלְהֽוֹשִׁיעֶ֑ךָle.ho.shi.'E.khaH3467thee: for I willmakeאֶעֱשֶׂ֨ה'e.'e.SehH6213afullH3605endכָלָ֜הkha.LahH3617ofallH3605thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֣ם׀ha.go.YimH1471whither I havescatteredהֲפִצוֹתִ֣יךָha.fi.tzo.Ti.khaH6327thee, but I willnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808makeאֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה'e.'e.SehH6213afullH3605endכָלָ֔הkha.LahH3617of thee; but I willcorrectוְיִסַּרְתִּ֙יךָ֙ve.yi.sar.Ti.khaH3256thee withjudgmentלַמִּשְׁפָּ֔טla.mish.PatH4941, and will innoלֹ֥אlo'H3808wiseleaveוְנַקֵּ֖הve.na.KehH5352theeunpunishedאֲנַקֶּֽךָּ׃ פ'a.na.Ke.kaH5352.

12Forthusכֹ֥הkhohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, Thy hurt isincurableאָנ֣וּשׁ'a.NushH605, and thywoundמַכָּתֵֽךְ׃ma.ka.TekhH4347grievous.

13There isnoneאֵֽין־'ein-H369topleadדָּ֥ןdanH1777thycauseדִּינֵ֖ךְdi.NekhH1779, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hastnoאֵ֥ין'einH369healingרְפֻא֥וֹתre.fu.'otH7499medicines.

14Allכָּל־kol-H3605thyloversמְאַהֲבַ֣יִךְme.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157haveforgottenשְׁכֵח֔וּךְshe.khe.ChukhH7911thee; theyseekיִדְרֹ֑שׁוּyid.Ro.shuH1875theenotלֹ֣אlo'H3808: for I havewoundedהִכִּיתִיךְ֙hi.ki.tiKhH5221thee with thewoundמַכַּ֨תma.KatH4347of anenemyאוֹיֵ֤ב'o.YevH341, with the chastisement of acruelאַכְזָרִ֔י'akh.za.RiH394one; for thegreatnessרֹ֣בroH7230of thineiniquityעֲוֹנֵ֔ךְ'a.vo.NekhH5771,becauseכִּי֩kiH3588thysinsחַטֹּאתָֽיִךְ׃cha.to.Ta.yikhH2403wereincreasedH7230.

15Whyמַה־mah-H4100criest thou for thy hurt? thypainמַכְאֹבֵ֑ךְmakh.'o.VekhH4341isincurableאָנ֖וּשׁ'a.NushH605: for thegreatnessרֹ֣בroH7230of thineiniquityעֲוֹנֵ֗ךְ'a.vo.NekhH5771,becauseH5921thysinsחַטֹּאתַ֔יִךְcha.to.Ta.yikhH2403wereincreasedH7230, I havedoneעָשִׂ֥יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213theseאֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehH428things unto thee.

16Thereforeallכָּל־kol-H3605they thatdevourאֹכְלַ֙יִךְ֙'o.khe.La.yikhH398thee shall bedevouredיֵאָכֵ֔לוּye.'a.Khe.luH398; andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thine adversaries,everyכֻּלָּ֖םku.LamH3605one of them, shallgoH1961intoH1961captivityבַּשְּׁבִ֣יba.she.ViH7628; and they thatspoilלָבַֽז׃la.VazH957thee shall be aspoilH957, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thatpreyH957uponH1961thee will Igiveאֶתֵּ֥ן'e.TenH5414for apreyH957.

17For I willrestoreאַעֲלֶ֨ה'a.'a.LehH5927healthאֲרֻכָ֥ה'a.ru.KhahH724unto thee, and I willhealאֶרְפָּאֵ֖ךְ'er.pa.'EkhH7495thee of thywoundsוּמִמַּכּוֹתַ֥יִךְu.mi.ma.ko.Ta.yikhH4347, saith theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068;becauseכִּי֩kiH3588they havecalledקָ֣רְאוּKa.re.'uH7121thee anoutcastנִדָּחָה֙ni.da.ChahH5080, saying, It isZionצִיּ֣וֹןtzi.YonH6726,whomH7121noH369manH369seekethafterכִּ֤יkiH3588.

18Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068:Beholdהִנְנִי־hi.ni-H2005, I willturnשָׁב֙shavH7725againH7725thecaptivityשְׁבוּת֙she.VutH7622ofJacob’sיַֽעֲק֔וֹבya.'a.KovH3290tentsאָהֳלֵ֣י'o.ho.LeiH168, and havecompassionאֲרַחֵ֑ם'a.ra.ChemH7355on hisdwellingH3427placesוּמִשְׁכְּנֹתָ֖יוu.mish.ke.no.TavH4908; and thecityעִיר֙'irH5892shall be buildeduponH5921herH5921ownH7622heapתִּלָּ֔הּti.LahH8510, and thepalaceוְאַרְמ֖וֹןve.'ar.MonH759shallremainיֵשֵֽׁב׃ye.ShevH3427afterH5921themannerמִשְׁפָּט֥וֹmish.pa.ToH4941thereof.

19AndoutH3318of them shallproceedH3318thanksgivingתּוֹדָ֖הto.DahH8426and thevoiceוְק֣וֹלve.KolH6963of them thatmakeוְהִכְבַּדְתִּ֖יםve.hikh.bad.TimH3513merry: and I willmultiplyוְהִרְבִּתִים֙ve.hir.bi.TimH7235them, and they shallnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808befewH4591; I will alsoglorifyH3513them, and they shallnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808besmallH4591.

20Theirchildrenבָנָיו֙va.NavH1121also shall be as aforetime, and theircongregationוַעֲדָת֖וֹva.'a.da.ToH5712shall beestablishedתִּכּ֑וֹןti.KonH3559beforeH6440meH6440, and I willpunishוּפָ֣קַדְתִּ֔יu.Fa.kad.TiH6485allכָּל־kol-H3605thatoppressלֹחֲצָֽיו׃lo.cha.TzavH3905them.

21And their prince shall be of themselves, and theirrulerוּמֹֽשְׁלוֹ֙u.mo.she.LoH4910shallproceedיֵצֵ֔אye.Tze'H3318from themidstמִקִּרְבּ֣וֹmi.kir.BoH7130of them; and I willcauseוְהָיָ֨הve.ha.YahH1961him todrawH7126nearH7126, and he shallapproachH7126untomeאֵלָ֑י'e.LaiH413: for who is he that hath had boldness toapproachH7126untomeאֵלַ֖י'e.LaiH413? saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

22And ye shall be mypeopleלְעָ֑םle.'AmH5971, and I will be yourGodלֵאלֹהִֽים׃ סle.lo.HimH430.

23Beholdהִנֵּ֣ה׀hi.NehH2009, thetempestסַעֲרַ֣תsa.'a.RatH5591of theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,evenH5921hisfuryחֵמָה֙che.MahH2534, isgoneH3318forthH3318, asweepingמִתְגּוֹרֵ֑רmit.go.RerH1641tempestסַ֖עַרSa.'arH5591: it shall burstuponH5921theheadרֹ֥אשׁroshH7218of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֖יםre.sha.'ImH7563.

24Thefierceחֲרוֹן֙cha.rOnH2740angerאַף־'af-H639of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808returnיָשׁ֗וּבya.ShuvH7725,untilעַד־'ad-H5704he have executed, andtillוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704he have performed the intents of hisheartלִבּ֑וֹli.BoH3820: in thelatterבְּאַחֲרִ֥יתbe.'a.cha.RitH319daysהַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.MimH3117ye shallunderstandתִּתְבּ֥וֹנְנוּtit.Bo.nuH995it.

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