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Now you are slaves
    of other nations,
but I will break the chains
and smash the yokes[a]
    that keep you in slavery.
Then you will be my servants,
and I will choose a king for you
    from the family of David.

* 10 (A) Israel,[b] you belong to me,
    so don't be afraid.
You deserved to be punished;
that's why I scattered you
    in distant nations.
But I am with you,
and someday I will destroy
    those nations.

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Footnotes

  1. 30.8 yokes: See the note at 27.1,2.
  2. 30.10 Israel: The people of the northern and southern kingdoms.

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

10 “‘So do not be afraid,(F) Jacob my servant;(G)
    do not be dismayed, Israel,’
declares the Lord.
‘I will surely save(H) you out of a distant place,
    your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security,(I)
    and no one will make him afraid.(J)

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