Focused Passage

Jeremiah 30:4-7

Jacob's Trouble and the Promise of Restoration

The chapter moves from the command to write restoration words, to the promise of return for Israel and Judah, to the terror of Jacob's trouble, to deliverance from foreign yoke, to healing of the incurable wound, and finally to covenant restoration under a ruler who draws near to the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

4 These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.

5 Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard—a cry of terror, not of peace.

6 Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?

7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.

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Verse 4

Original words

These וְאֵ֣לֶּה H428 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural are the words הַדְּבָרִ֗ים H1697 Article | Noun - masculine plural that אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֛ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular spoke דִּבֶּ֧ר H1696 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular concerning אֶל־ H413 Preposition Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . וְאֶל־ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition and Judah יְהוּדָֽה׃ H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular

Verse 5

Cross-references

2 Kings 19:3 Classic cross-references Isaiah 19:16 Classic cross-references Amos 8:10 Classic cross-references Isaiah 5:30 Classic cross-references Luke 19:41 Classic cross-references

Original words

Yes כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction this is what כֹה֙ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular A cry ק֥וֹל H6963 Noun - masculine singular construct of panic חֲרָדָ֖ה H2731 Noun - feminine singular is heard שָׁמָ֑עְנוּ H8085 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural [a cry] of terror פַּ֖חַד H6343 Noun - masculine singular not וְאֵ֥ין H369 Conjunctive waw | Adverb of peace שָׁלֽוֹם׃ H7965 Noun - masculine singular

Verse 6

Cross-references

Jeremiah 4:31 Classic cross-references Joel 2:6 Classic cross-references Nahum 2:10 Classic cross-references Isaiah 21:3 Classic cross-references John 16:21 Classic cross-references

Original words

Ask שַׁאֲלוּ־ H7592 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural now נָ֣א H4994 Interjection and see וּרְא֔וּ H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Can אִם־ H518 Conjunction a male זָכָ֑ר H2145 Noun - masculine singular give birth יֹלֵ֖ד H3205 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Why then מַדּוּעַ֩ H4069 Interrogative do I see רָאִ֨יתִי H7200 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular every כָל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct man גֶּ֜בֶר H1397 Noun - masculine singular with his hands יָדָ֤יו H3027 Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine singular on עַל־ H5921 Preposition his stomach חֲלָצָיו֙ H2504 Noun - masculine dual construct | third person masculine singular like a woman in labor כַּיּ֣וֹלֵדָ֔ה H3205 Preposition-k, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular and every כָל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct face פָּנִ֖ים H6440 Noun - masculine plural turned וְנֶהֶפְכ֥וּ H2015 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural pale לְיֵרָקֽוֹן׃ H3420 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 7

Cross-references

Daniel 12:1 Classic cross-references Malachi 4:1 Classic cross-references Daniel 9:12 Classic cross-references Psalms 20:1 Classic cross-references Zechariah 14:1 Classic cross-references

Original words

How כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction . . . גָד֛וֹל H1419 Adjective - masculine singular awful ה֗וֹי H1945 Interjection that הַה֖וּא H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular day will be הַיּ֥וֹם H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular None will be מֵאַ֣יִן H369 Preposition-m | Adverb like it כָּמֹ֑הוּ H3644 Preposition | third person masculine singular It is הִיא֙ H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular the time וְעֵֽת־ H6256 Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct of Jacob’s לְיַֽעֲקֹ֔ב H3290 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular distress צָרָ֥ה H6869 Noun - feminine singular but he will be saved יִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃ H3467 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular out of it וּמִמֶּ֖נָּה H4480 Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person feminine singular

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