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“On that day,” declares Yahweh Tsebaoth, “I will break the yokes[a] off your necks and tear off your ropes. Foreigners will no longer make you serve them. You will serve Yahweh your Elohim and David your king. I will establish him for you.

10 “Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob,” declares Yahweh.
    Don’t be terrified, Israel.
    I’m going to rescue you from a faraway place.
    I’m going to rescue your descendants from where they are captives.
        The descendants of Jacob will again have peace and security,
            and no one will frighten them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 30:8 A yoke is a wooden bar placed over the necks of work animals so that they can pull plows or carts.

“‘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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