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Jeremiah 37
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1The Word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying,
1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write all the words which I have spoken to thee in a book.
2Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
3For, 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.
3For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4And these are the Words which the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Juda:
4And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
5Thus said the Lord: Ye shall hear a sound of fear, [there is] fear, and there is not peace.
5For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
6Enquire, 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.
6Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
7For that day is great, and there is not such [another]; and itis a time of straitness to Jacob; but he shall be saved out of it.
7Alas! 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.
8In 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:
8For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
9but they shall serve the Lord their God; and I will raise up to them David their king.
9But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
12Thus saith the Lord; I have brought on [thee] destruction; thy stroke is painful.
12For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
13There is none to judge thy cause: thou hast been painfully treated for healing, there is no help for thee.
13There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
14All thy friends have forgotten thee; they shall not ask [about thee] at all, for I have smitten thee with the stroke of an enemy, [even] severe correction: thy sins have abounded above all thine iniquity.
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 multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
16Therefore all that devour thee shall be eaten, and all thine enemies shall eat all their [own] flesh. Thy sins have abounded beyond the multitude of thine iniquities, [therefore] they have done these things to thee. And they that spoil thee shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered 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 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.
17For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
18Thus 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 .
18Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
19And 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.
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 few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
20And their sons shall go in as before, and their testimonies shall be established before me, and I will visit them that afflict them.
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 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.
21And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord.
23For the wrathful anger of the Lord has gone forth , [even] a whirlwind of anger has gone forth: it shall come upon the ungodly.
23Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
24The 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.
24The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.