Jeremiah:30

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* The worde , that came to Ieremiah from the Lord , saying , * Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel , saying , Write for thee all the words that I have spoken to thee in a (note :)Because they would be assured and their posterity confirmed in the hope of this deliverance promised .(:note ) book . * For loe , the dayes come , saith the Lord , that I wil bring againe the captiuitie of my people Israel and Iudah , saith the Lord : for I will restore them vnto the lande , that I gaue to their fathers , and they shall possesse it . * Againe , these are the wordes that the Lord spake concerning Israel , and concerning Iudah . * For thus saith the LORD ; We have heard a (note :)He shows that before this deliverance will come , the Chaldeans would be extremely afflicted by their enemies , and that they would be in such perplexity and sorrow as a woman in her travail as ( Isa_13:8 ).(:note ) voice of trembling , of fear , and not of peace . * Demand now and beholde , if man trauayle with childe ? wherefore doe I beholde euery man with his hands on his loynes as a woman in trauaile , and all faces are turned into a palenesse ? * Alas ! for that (note :)Meaning that the time of their captivity would be grievous .(:note ) 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 . * * But they shall serve the LORD their God , and (note :)That is , Messiah who would come of the stock of David according to the flesh and would be the true pastor , ( Eze_34:23 ) who is set forth and his kingdom would be everlasting in the person of David , ( Hos_3:5 ).(:note ) David their king , whom I will raise up to them . * Therefore feare not , O my seruant Iaakob , saith the Lorde , neither be afrayde , O Israel : for loe , I will deliuer thee from a farre countrey , and thy seede from the lande of their captiuitie , and Iaakob shall turne againe , and shalbe in rest and prosperitie and none shall make him afraide . * For I [am ] with thee , saith the LORD , to save thee : though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered thee , yet will I not make a full end of thee : but I will correct thee in measure , and will not (note :)In this is commanded God 's great mercy toward his , who does not destroy them for their sins , but corrects and chastises them till he has purged and pardoned them and so burns the rods by which he punished them , ( Isa_33:1 ).(:note ) leave thee altogether unpunished . * For thus saith the Lorde , Thy bruising is incurable , and thy wound is dolorous . * There is none to iudge thy cause , or to lay a plaister : there are no medicines , nor help for thee . * All thy louers haue forgotten thee : they seeke thee not : for I haue striken thee with the wound of an enemie , and with a sharpe chastisement for ye multitude of thine iniquities , because thy sinnes were increased . * Why cryest thou for thine affliction ? thy sorowe is incurable , for the multitude of thine iniquities : because thy sinnes were increased , I haue done these things vnto thee . * Therefore all they that deuoure thee , shal be deuoured , &amp ; all thine enemies euery one shall goe into captiuitie : and they that spoyle thee , shalbe spoyled , and all they that robbe thee , wil I giue to be robbed . * For I will restore health vnto thee , and I will heale thee of thy woundes , saith the Lord , because they called thee , The cast away , saying , This is Zion , whom no man seeketh after . * Thus saith the LORD ; Behold , I will bring again the captives of Jacob 's tents , and have mercy on his dwellingplaces ; and the city shall be built upon her own heap , and the (note :)Meaning that the city and the temple would be restored to their former estate .(:note ) palace shall remain after its manner . * And out of them shall proceed (note :)He shows how the people will with praise and thanksgiving acknowledge this blessing .(:note ) 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 . * Their children also shall be as afore time , and their congregation shall be established before me : and I will visite all that vexe them . * And their (note :)Meaning , Zerubbabel , who was the figure of Christ in whom this was accomplished .(:note ) nobles shall be from themselves , and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them ; and I will cause him to draw near , and he shall approach to me : for who [is ] this that engaged his Signifying that Christ willingly submits himself to the obedience of God his father . heart to approach to me ? saith the LORD . * And ye shall be my people , and I will bee your God . * Behold , (note :)Lest the wicked hypocrites should flatter themselves with these promises the prophet shows what will be their portion .(:note ) the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury , a continuing whirlwind : it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked . * The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return , until he hath done [it ], and until he hath performed the intents of his heart : in the (note :)When this Messiah and deliverer is sent .(:note ) latter days ye shall consider it .

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