32<TO> THEREFORE THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH HERE I [AM] ABOUT TO VISIT [JUDGMENT] ON SHEMAIAH THE NEHELAMITE AND ON OFFSPRING HIS NOT HE WILL BELONG TO <THE> HIM ANYONE DWELLING IN AMONG THE PEOPLE <THE> THIS AND NOT HE WILL LOOK ON THE GOOD WHICH I [WILL BE] DOING FOR PEOPLE MY [THE] UTTERANCE OF YAHWEH FOR REBELLION HE HAS SPOKEN ON YAHWEH 32this is what the LORD says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
1THE WORD WHICH IT CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM WITH YAHWEH <TO> SAYING The Restoration of Israel and Judah (Ezekiel 28:25–26) 1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
2THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH [THE] GOD OF ISRAEL <TO> SAYING WRITE FOR <THE> YOURSELF <OBJ.> ALL THE WORDS WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU INTO A BOOK 2“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
3FOR HERE! DAYS [ARE] COMING [THE] UTTERANCE OF YAHWEH AND I WILL TURN BACK <OBJ.> [THE] CAPTIVITY OF PEOPLE MY ISRAEL AND JUDAH HE SAYS YAHWEH AND I WILL BRING BACK THEM TO THE LAND WHICH I GAVE TO ANCESTORS THEIR AND THEY WILL TAKE POSSESSION OF IT 3For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity*NoteCloseOr restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
4AND THESE [ARE] THE WORDS WHICH HE SPOKE YAHWEH CONCERNING ISRAEL AND CONCERNING JUDAH 4These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
5FOR THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH A SOUND OF FEAR WE HAVE HEARD DREAD AND THERE NOT [IS] PEACE 5Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard— a cry of terror, not of peace.
6ASK PLEASE AND SEE IF [IS] GIVING BIRTH A MALE WHY? HAVE I SEEN EVERY MAN HANDS HIS ON LOINS HIS LIKE <THE> [WOMAN] GIVING BIRTH AND HAVE THEY BEEN CHANGED? ALL FACES INTO PALENESS 6Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
7WOE! FOR [WILL BE] GREAT THE DAY <THE> THAT FROM NOT [IS] LIKE IT AND [WILL BE] A TIME OF DISTRESS IT FOR JACOB AND FROM IT HE WILL BE SAVED 7How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
8AND IT WILL BE ON THE DAY <THE> THAT [THE] UTTERANCE OF YAHWEH OF HOSTS I WILL BREAK YOKE HIS FROM ON NECK YOUR AND FETTERS YOUR I WILL TEAR APART AND NOT THEY WILL WORK BY <THE> HIM AGAIN STRANGERS 8On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
9AND THEY WILL SERVE <OBJ.> YAHWEH GOD THEIR AND <OBJ.> DAVID KING THEIR WHOM I WILL RAISE UP FOR <THE> THEM 9Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10AND YOU MAY NOT YOU FEAR O SERVANT MY JACOB [THE] UTTERANCE OF YAHWEH AND MAY NOT YOU BE DISMAYED O ISRAEL FOR HERE I [AM] ABOUT TO SAVE YOU FROM A DISTANT [LAND] AND <OBJ.> OFFSPRING YOUR FROM [THE] LAND OF CAPTIVITY THEIR AND HE WILL RETURN JACOB AND HE WILL BE UNDISTURBED AND HE WILL BE AT EASE AND THERE NOT [WILL BE ONE WHO] TERRIFIES 10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
11FOR [AM] WITH YOU I [THE] UTTERANCE OF YAHWEH TO SAVE YOU THAT I WILL MAKE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION ON ALL THE NATIONS WHERE I HAVE SCATTERED YOU THERE NEVERTHELESS <OBJ.> YOU NOT I WILL MAKE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION AND I WILL DISCIPLINE YOU TO <THE> JUSTICE AND CERTAINLY <TO LEAVE UNPUNISHED> NOT I WILL LEAVE UNPUNISHED YOU 11For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished
12FOR THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH [IS] INCURABLE <TO> FRACTURE YOUR [IS] SEVERE WOUND YOUR 12For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.
13THERE NOT [IS ONE WHO] PLEADS CAUSE YOUR TO A SORE [ARE] MEDICATIONS OF HEALING THERE NOT FOR <THE> YOU 13There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
14ALL LOVERS YOUR THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN YOU <OBJ.> YOU NOT THEY CARE FOR FOR [THE] BLOW OF AN ENEMY I HAVE STRUCK DOWN YOU [THE] CORRECTION OF A CRUEL [ONE] ON [THE] GREATNESS OF INIQUITY YOUR THEY ARE NUMEROUS SINS YOUR 14All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
15WHY? DO YOU CRY OUT ON FRACTURE YOUR [IS] INCURABLE PAIN YOUR ON [THE] GREATNESS OF INIQUITY YOUR THEY ARE NUMEROUS SINS YOUR I HAVE DONE THESE [THINGS] TO <THE> YOU 15Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.
16<TO> THEREFORE ALL [THOSE WHO] DEVOUR YOU THEY WILL BE DEVOURED AND ALL OPPONENTS YOUR ALL OF THEM IN <THE> CAPTIVITY THEY WILL GO AND THEY WILL BECOME [THOSE WHO] PLUNDER YOU <INTO> PLUNDER AND ALL [THOSE WHO] DESPOIL YOU I WILL MAKE INTO SPOIL 16Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries— every one of them— will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.
17FOR I WILL BRING UP HEALING FOR <THE> YOU AND FROM WOUNDS YOUR I WILL HEAL YOU [THE] UTTERANCE OF YAHWEH THAT AN OUTCAST PEOPLE HAVE CALLED <TO> <THE> YOU [IS] ZION IT [IS ONE WHO] CARES THERE NOT FOR <THE> IT 17But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
18THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH HERE I [AM] ABOUT TO TURN BACK [THE] CAPTIVITY OF [THE] TENTS OF JACOB AND DWELLINGS ITS I WILL HAVE COMPASSION AND IT WILL BE REBUILT A CITY ON MOUND ITS AND A FORTRESS ON PROPER PLACE ITS IT WILL REMAIN 18This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of*NoteCloseOr restore from captivity Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
19AND IT WILL GO OUT FROM <THE> THEM THANKSGIVING AND [THE] SOUND OF MERRY MAKERS AND I WILL MULTIPLY THEM AND NOT THEY WILL DIMINISH AND I WILL MAKE HONORED THEM AND NOT THEY WILL BE INSIGNIFICANT 19Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.
20AND THEY WILL BE CHILDREN ITS LIKE LONG AGO AND CONGREGATION ITS <TO> BEFORE ME IT WILL BE ESTABLISHED AND I WILL VISIT [JUDGMENT] ON ALL [THOSE WHO] OPPRESS IT 20Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.
21AND HE WILL BE NOBLE [ONE] ITS ONE OF IT AND RULER ITS FROM [THE] MIDST ITS HE WILL COME FORTH AND I WILL BRING NEAR HIM AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO ME FOR WHO? THAT THIS HAS HE PLEDGED <OBJ.> HEART HIS TO DRAW NEAR TO ME [THE] UTTERANCE OF YAHWEH 21Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
22AND YOU WILL BECOME FOR <THE> ME <INTO> A PEOPLE AND I I WILL BECOME FOR <THE> YOU <INTO> GOD 22“And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
23THERE! [THE] STORM OF YAHWEH RAGE IT HAS GONE OUT A STORM STAYING AS A SOJOURNER ON [THE] HEAD OF WICKED [PEOPLE] IT WILL WHIRL ABOUT 23Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
24NOT IT WILL TURN BACK [THE] BURNING OF [THE] ANGER OF YAHWEH UNTIL HAS BROUGHT ABOUT HE AND UNTIL HAS CARRIED OUT HE [THE] PURPOSES OF HEART HIS AT [THE] END OF THE DAYS YOU WILL UNDERSTAND <IN> <THE> IT 24The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.