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It will be a time of terrible trouble,
    worse than anything that has happened before.
It will be a time of great trouble for Jacob's descendants.[a]
    But I will rescue them from their trouble.’

The Lord Almighty says this:

‘When that day comes,
    I will break the yoke that is around your necks.[b]
    I will remove the ropes that tie your legs.
My people will no longer be slaves
    under the power of foreign people.
Instead, they will serve the Lord their God.
    They will serve David's descendant.
    I will raise that man up to be their king.’

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Footnotes

  1. 30:7 Jacob was the ancestor of all the Israelites.
  2. 30:8 A yoke means the hard work that they had to do for their enemies. See Jeremiah 27:2. When the Lord breaks the yoke, they will no longer be slaves.

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.

“‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty,
    ‘I will break the yoke(D) off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;(E)
    no longer will foreigners enslave them.(F)
Instead, they will serve the Lord their God
    and David(G) their king,(H)
    whom I will raise up for them.

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