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On that day,’ declares the Lord
    of the Heavenly Armies,
‘I’ll break the yoke[a] from your neck
    and will tear off your restraints.[b]
        Foreigners will no longer make you[c] serve them.[d]
Rather, they will serve the Lord their God
    and David their king,
        whom I will raise up for them.

10 ‘My servant Jacob, don’t be afraid,’ declares the Lord,
    ‘and Israel, don’t be dismayed.
For I’ll deliver you from a distant place
    and your descendants from the land of their captivity.
Jacob will return. He will be undisturbed and secure,
    and no one will cause him to fear.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 30:8 Lit. his yoke
  2. Jeremiah 30:8 Or cords
  3. Jeremiah 30:8 Lit. him (i.e. Jacob)
  4. Jeremiah 30:8 I.e. enslave you

“‘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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