Alas, for this [a]day is great: none hath been like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, yet shall he be delivered from it.

[b]For in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I will break [c]his yoke from off thy neck, and break thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves [d]of him.

But they shall serve the Lord their God, and [e]David their King, whom I will raise up unto them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 30:7 Meaning, that the time of their captivity should be grievous.
  2. Jeremiah 30:8 When I shall visit Babylon.
  3. Jeremiah 30:8 Of the King of Babylon.
  4. Jeremiah 30:8 To wit, of Jacob.
  5. Jeremiah 30:9 That is, Messiah which should come of the stock of David, according to the flesh and should be the true pastor, as Ezek. 34:23, who is set forth and his kingdom that should be everlasting in the person of David, Hos. 3:5.

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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