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Ah! How mighty is that day—
    there is none like it!
A time of distress for Jacob,
    though he shall be saved from it.(A)

On that day—oracle of the Lord of hosts—I will break his yoke off your neck and snap your bonds. Strangers shall no longer enslave them;(B) instead, they shall serve the Lord, their God, and David, their king,[a] whom I will raise up for them.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 30:9 David, their king: a descendant of David (“his leader” in v. 21) who, like his ancestor, would rule a unified kingdom and “walk in the ways of the Lord,” as the Deuteronomistic historians claimed David did. Other prophets also refer to this idealized ruler as “David”; cf. Ez 34:23–24; 37:24–25; 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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