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“At that time,” says the Lord All-Powerful, “I will break the yoke from the necks of the people of Israel and Judah, and I will break the ropes holding you. People from foreign countries will never again force my people to be slaves. The people of Israel and Judah will not serve foreign countries. No, they will serve the Lord their God. I will send them David their king,[a] and they will serve him.

10 “So Jacob, my servant, don’t be afraid!”
    This message is from the Lord.
“Israel, don’t be afraid.
    I will save you from that faraway place.
You are captives[b] in that faraway land,
    but I will save your descendants.
    I will bring them back from that land.
Jacob will have peace again.
    People will not bother Jacob.
    There will be no enemy to frighten my people.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 30:9 David their king This means another king of Israel who will be great like King David.
  2. Jeremiah 30:10 captives People taken away as prisoners. Here, it means the Jewish people who were taken to Babylon.

“‘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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