For, lo, the dayscome, saith the LORD, that I willbringagain the captivity of my peopleIsrael and Judah, saith the LORD: and I willcausethem to return to the landthat I gave to theirfathers, and theyshallpossess it.
Ask ye now, and see whether a man dothtravailwithchild? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turnedintopaleness?
For it shallcome to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I willbreak his yokefrom off thy neck, and willburst thy bonds, and strangersshall no moreservethemselves of him:
Thereforefearthou not, O my servantJacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I willsavetheefromafar, and thy seedfrom the land of theircaptivity; and Jacobshallreturn, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and noneshallmake him afraid.
For I am withthee, saith the LORD, to savethee: though I make a full end of all nationswhither I havescatteredthee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I willcorrectthee in measure, and will not leavetheealtogetherunpunished.
All thy lovershaveforgottenthee; theyseekthee not; for I havewoundedtheewith the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thineiniquity; because thy sinswereincreased.
Why criestthou for thineaffliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thineiniquity: because thy sinswereincreased, I havedonethesethingsuntothee.
Therefore all theythatdevourtheeshall be devoured; and all thineadversaries, every one of them, shall go intocaptivity; and theythatspoiltheeshall be a spoil, and all thatpreyupontheewill I give for a prey.
For I willrestorehealthuntothee, and I willhealthee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; becausetheycalledthee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seekethafter.
Thussaith the LORD; Behold, I willbringagain the captivity of Jacob’stents, and havemercy on his dwellingplaces; and the cityshall be buildedupon her own heap, and the palaceshallremainafter the mannerthereof.
And out of themshallproceedthanksgiving and the voice of themthatmakemerry: and I willmultiplythem, and theyshall not be few; I willalsoglorifythem, and theyshall not be small.
And theirnoblesshall be of themselves, and theirgovernorshallproceedfrom the midst of them; and I willcause him to drawnear, and he shallapproachunto me: for who is thisthatengaged his heart to approachunto me? saith the LORD.
The fierceanger of the LORDshall not return, until he havedone it, and until he haveperformed the intents of his heart: in the latterdays ye shallconsider it.