1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, |
2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. ... |
12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. |
13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. |
14 All 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. |
15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. ... |
18 Thus 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. |
19 And 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. |
20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. |
21 And 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. |
22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. |