Now (A)what will you do in the (B)day of punishment,
And in the devastation which will come (C)from afar?
(D)To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your wealth?

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What will you do on the day of reckoning,(A)
    when disaster(B) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(C)
    Where will you leave your riches?

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Even Egypt, whose (A)help is vain and empty.
Therefore, I have called [a]her
[b](B)Rahab who has been exterminated.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:7 Lit this one
  2. Isaiah 30:7 MT They are Rahab or arrogance, to remain; i.e., Egypt, as a sea monster; see note Job 26:12

    to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless.(A)
Therefore I call her
    Rahab(B) the Do-Nothing.

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Now the Egyptians are (A)human and not God,
And their (B)horses are flesh and not spirit;
So the Lord will (C)stretch out His hand,
And any (D)helper will stumble,
And one who is helped will fall.
And all of them will come to an end together.

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But the Egyptians(A) are mere mortals and not God;(B)
    their horses(C) are flesh and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,(D)
    those who help will stumble,
    those who are helped(E) will fall;
    all will perish together.(F)

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Liberation from Captivity Promised

30 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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Restoration of Israel

30 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

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Woe, for that (A)day is great,
There is (B)none like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s (C)distress,
Yet he will be (D)saved from it.

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How awful that day(A) will be!
    No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble(B) for Jacob,
    but he will be saved(C) out of it.

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15 Why do you cry out over your injury?
Your pain is incurable.
Because your wrongdoing is great
And your sins are numerous,
I have done these things to you.
16 Therefore all who (A)devour you will be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, (B)will go into captivity;
And those who plunder you will become plunder,
And all who plunder you I will turn into plunder.
17 For I will [a]restore you to [b](C)health
And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares the Lord,
‘Because they have called you an (D)outcast, saying:
“It is Zion; no one [c]cares for her.”’

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  1. Jeremiah 30:17 Lit cause to go up
  2. Jeremiah 30:17 Or healing
  3. Jeremiah 30:17 Lit is seeking

15 Why do you cry out over your wound,
    your pain that has no cure?(A)
Because of your great guilt and many sins
    I have done these things to you.(B)

16 “‘But all who devour(C) you will be devoured;
    all your enemies will go into exile.(D)
Those who plunder(E) you will be plundered;
    all who make spoil of you I will despoil.
17 But I will restore you to health
    and heal(F) your wounds,’
declares the Lord,
‘because you are called an outcast,(G)
    Zion for whom no one cares.’(H)

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Israel’s Mourning Turned to Joy

31 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the (A)God of all the (B)families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”

This is what the Lord says:
“The people who survived the sword
(C)Found grace in the wilderness—
Israel, when it went to (D)find its rest.”
The Lord appeared to [a]him [b]long ago, saying,
“I have (E)loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore I have drawn you out with (F)kindness.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:3 Lit me
  2. Jeremiah 31:3 Or from far away

31 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God(A) of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”

This is what the Lord says:

“The people who survive the sword
    will find favor(B) in the wilderness;
    I will come to give rest(C) to Israel.”

The Lord appeared to us in the past,[a] saying:

“I have loved(D) you with an everlasting love;
    I have drawn(E) you with unfailing kindness.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar