New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996
Jeremiah 30
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A message came to me from the Lord. He said,
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"I am the Lord. I am the God of Israel. I say, 'Write on a scroll all of the words I have spoken to you.
Reference
Parallel theme
Isaiah 30:8
Revelation 1:19
Revelation 1:11
1 Corinthians 10:11
References God
2 Peter 1:21
Word
Jeremiah 36:32
Romans 15:4
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A new day is coming,' " announces the Lord. " 'At that time I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from where they have been taken as prisoners. I will bring them back to this land. Long ago I gave it to their people to have as their own,' " says the Lord.
Reference
Parallel theme
Jeremiah 33:26
Joel 3:1
Ezekiel 36:24
References Israel
Psalm 53:6
References Lord
Jeremiah 29:14
Ezekiel 20:42
Jeremiah 30:18
Jeremiah 16:15
Jeremiah 32:44
Hebrews 8:8
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Here are the words the Lord spoke about Israel and Judah. He said,
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"I am the Lord. I say, " 'Cries of fear are heard. There is terror. There isn't any peace.
Reference
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Ask and see. Can a man give birth to children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach? Each of them is acting like a woman having a baby. Every face is as pale as death.
Reference
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How awful that day will be! No other day will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for the people of Jacob. But they will be saved out of it.
Reference
Parallel theme
Daniel 12:1
Malachi 4:1
Daniel 9:12
Joel 2:11
Mark 13:19
Psalm 34:19
Hosea 1:11
Lamentations 1:12
Salvation
Romans 11:26
Jeremiah 30:10
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" 'At that time I will break the yoke off their necks,' announces the Lord who rules over all. 'I will tear off the ropes that hold them. People from other lands will not make them slaves anymore.
Reference
Parallel theme
Nahum 1:13
Isaiah 9:4
Jeremiah 28:10
Isaiah 14:25
Isaiah 10:27
Jeremiah 25:14
Jeremiah 27:7
References Lord
Ezekiel 34:27
Jeremiah 27:2
Jeremiah 28:13
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Instead, they will serve me. And they will serve David their king. I will raise him up for them. I am the Lord their God.
Reference
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" 'People of Jacob, do not be afraid. You are my servant. Israel, do not be terrified,' " announces the Lord. " 'You can be sure that I will save you. I will bring you out of a place far away. I will bring your children back from the land where they were taken. Your people will have peace and security again. And no one will make them afraid.
Reference
Parallel theme
Isaiah 43:5
Hosea 2:18
Isaiah 35:9
Jeremiah 23:3
John 12:15
References Israel
Jeremiah 3:18
References Lord
Jeremiah 29:14
Isaiah 44:2
Jeremiah 23:8
Salvation
Jeremiah 33:16
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I am with you. I will save you,' " announces the Lord. " 'I will completely destroy all of the nations among which I scatter you. But I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you. But I will be fair. I will punish you in a way that is fair and right.' "
Reference
Parallel theme
Isaiah 8:10
Acts 18:10
References Lord
Jeremiah 1:19
Jeremiah 10:24
Jeremiah 4:27
Jeremiah 1:8
Psalm 6:1
Jeremiah 5:18
Jeremiah 5:10
Salvation
Jeremiah 15:20
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No one will stand up for you. There isn't any medicine for your sore. There isn't any healing for you.
Reference
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All those who were going to help you have forgotten you. They do not care about you. I have struck you as if I were your enemy. I have punished you as if I were very mean. That is because your guilt is so great. You have sinned so much.
Reference
Love
Lamentations 1:2
Jeremiah 22:20
Jeremiah 22:22
Jeremiah 4:30
Parallel theme
Job 30:21
Job 19:11
Jeremiah 2:36
Sin
Jeremiah 5:6
Jeremiah 30:15
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Why do you cry out about your wound? Your pain can't be healed. Your guilt is very great. And you have committed many sins. That is why I have done all of those things to you.
Reference
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"But everyone who destroys you will be destroyed. All of your enemies will be forced to leave their countries. Those who steal from you will be stolen from. I will take the belongings of those who take things from you.
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But I will make you healthy again. I will heal your wounds," announces the Lord. "That is because you have been thrown out. You are called Zion, the one no one cares about."
Reference
Parallel theme
Psalm 107:20
Jeremiah 33:6
1 Peter 2:24
Psalm 103:3
Psalm 23:3
Ezekiel 34:16
Malachi 4:2
References Lord
Exodus 15:26
Hosea 6:1
Isaiah 30:26
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The Lord says, "I will bless Jacob's people with great success again. I will show tender love to Israel. Jerusalem will be rebuilt where it was destroyed. The palace will stand in its proper place.
Reference
Grace
Psalm 102:13
Parallel theme
Jeremiah 33:7
Jeremiah 23:3
Jeremiah 46:27
Isaiah 44:26
Jeremiah 31:4
References Lord
Jeremiah 30:3
Jeremiah 49:39
Zechariah 1:16
Jeremiah 49:6
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From those places the songs of people giving thanks will be heard. The sound of great joy will come from there. I will increase the numbers of my people. Their numbers will not become smaller. I will bring them honor. People will have respect for them.
Reference
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Things will be as they used to be for Jacob's people. I will make their community firm and secure. I will punish everyone who treats them badly.
Reference
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Their leader will be one of their own people. Their ruler will rise up from among them. I will bring him near. And he will come close to me. He will commit himself to serve me," announces the Lord.
Reference
Parallel theme
Acts 5:31
Ezekiel 37:24
1 John 2:2
Deuteronomy 18:18
Deuteronomy 33:5
2 Samuel 7:13
Jeremiah 50:44
References Lord
Numbers 16:5
Revelation 19:16
Jeremiah 30:9
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A storm will burst out because of the Lord's burning anger. A strong wind will sweep down on the heads of evil people.
Reference
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The Lord's burning anger won't turn back. He will accomplish everything his heart plans to do. In days to come you will understand that.
Reference
Parallel theme
Jeremiah 4:28
Ezekiel 38:16
Daniel 10:14
Daniel 2:28
References Lord
Jeremiah 23:20
Hosea 3:5
Micah 4:1
Summary of Jeremiah 30
Jeremiah 30 begins a major section often associated with the restoration of Israel and Judah, shifting the emphasis from the immediate disaster of Babylonian conquest toward God's promise that exile, suffering, and national humiliation will not be the final chapter of His relationship with His people.
God tells Jeremiah to write the message in a book, preserving the promise for future generations because the people who are experiencing the crisis will need to understand that their present circumstances do not represent the end of God's purposes. The chapter acknowledges that the coming period will involve tremendous fear, pain, and national suffering, yet it repeatedly places those experiences within a larger movement toward restoration.
One of the most powerful images in the chapter is the breaking of the yoke. Earlier, Jeremiah had instructed Judah to accept Babylon's yoke because Babylonian domination was part of God's judgment, but here God promises that the yoke will eventually be broken, meaning that foreign domination will not continue forever.
The people will eventually return to serving God rather than foreign rulers, and the reference to David their king introduces the hope of restored Davidic leadership. This promise became especially significant because the Babylonian conquest had appeared to destroy Judah's royal future when Jerusalem fell and Zedekiah's reign ended in disaster.
The chapter does not minimize Judah's suffering. Its wound is described as severe and apparently beyond ordinary human healing, reflecting the devastation caused by years of rebellion, political collapse, warfare, and exile. Yet God promises to heal the wound, restore health, rebuild Jerusalem, and transform the city's humiliation into renewed joy and dignity.
Another important theme is that Babylon's role as an instrument of judgment does not make Babylon innocent. God promises that the nations that devoured and oppressed His people will themselves face judgment, demonstrating that divine sovereignty does not remove human responsibility.
The chapter therefore holds two truths together: God disciplines His people for their wrongdoing, but He does not abandon them, and He judges the nations that participate in their suffering even though He has temporarily used those nations to accomplish His purposes.
The restoration described is both physical and spiritual. Jerusalem will be rebuilt, homes will again be occupied, thanksgiving will replace mourning, families will grow, and the people will once again belong to God in a renewed covenant relationship.
The central message is that God's discipline is not the same as permanent rejection, because although Judah's rebellion has brought a devastating wound, foreign domination, exile, and the destruction of Jerusalem, God promises that the yoke will eventually be broken, the scattered people will return, the ruined city will be rebuilt, the wounded nation will be healed, and the covenant relationship between God and His people will be restored; the chapter therefore moves from fear and devastation toward hope and renewal, reminding the reader that even when God's judgment is severe and circumstances appear beyond recovery, His purposes ultimately include preservation, restoration, healing, and the establishment of a renewed relationship with His people.
God tells Jeremiah to write the message in a book, preserving the promise for future generations because the people who are experiencing the crisis will need to understand that their present circumstances do not represent the end of God's purposes. The chapter acknowledges that the coming period will involve tremendous fear, pain, and national suffering, yet it repeatedly places those experiences within a larger movement toward restoration.
One of the most powerful images in the chapter is the breaking of the yoke. Earlier, Jeremiah had instructed Judah to accept Babylon's yoke because Babylonian domination was part of God's judgment, but here God promises that the yoke will eventually be broken, meaning that foreign domination will not continue forever.
The people will eventually return to serving God rather than foreign rulers, and the reference to David their king introduces the hope of restored Davidic leadership. This promise became especially significant because the Babylonian conquest had appeared to destroy Judah's royal future when Jerusalem fell and Zedekiah's reign ended in disaster.
The chapter does not minimize Judah's suffering. Its wound is described as severe and apparently beyond ordinary human healing, reflecting the devastation caused by years of rebellion, political collapse, warfare, and exile. Yet God promises to heal the wound, restore health, rebuild Jerusalem, and transform the city's humiliation into renewed joy and dignity.
Another important theme is that Babylon's role as an instrument of judgment does not make Babylon innocent. God promises that the nations that devoured and oppressed His people will themselves face judgment, demonstrating that divine sovereignty does not remove human responsibility.
The chapter therefore holds two truths together: God disciplines His people for their wrongdoing, but He does not abandon them, and He judges the nations that participate in their suffering even though He has temporarily used those nations to accomplish His purposes.
The restoration described is both physical and spiritual. Jerusalem will be rebuilt, homes will again be occupied, thanksgiving will replace mourning, families will grow, and the people will once again belong to God in a renewed covenant relationship.
The central message is that God's discipline is not the same as permanent rejection, because although Judah's rebellion has brought a devastating wound, foreign domination, exile, and the destruction of Jerusalem, God promises that the yoke will eventually be broken, the scattered people will return, the ruined city will be rebuilt, the wounded nation will be healed, and the covenant relationship between God and His people will be restored; the chapter therefore moves from fear and devastation toward hope and renewal, reminding the reader that even when God's judgment is severe and circumstances appear beyond recovery, His purposes ultimately include preservation, restoration, healing, and the establishment of a renewed relationship with His people.