4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah
5 For thus saith the LORD We have heard a voice of trembling of fear and not of peace
6 Ask ye now and see whether a man doth travail with child wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins as a woman in travail and all faces are turned into paleness
7 Alas for that day is great so that none is like it it is even the time of Jacob's trouble but he shall be saved out of it
8 For it shall come to pass in that day saith the LORD of hosts that I will break his yoke from off thy neck and will burst thy bonds and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God and David their king whom I will raise up unto them
10 Therefore fear thou not O my servant Jacob saith the LORD neither be dismayed O Israel for lo I will save thee from afar and thy seed from the land of their captivity and Jacob shall return and shall be in rest and be quiet and none shall make him afraid
11 For I am with thee saith the LORD to save thee though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee yet will I not make a full end of thee but I will correct thee in measure and will not leave thee altogether unpunished
12 For thus saith the LORD Thy bruise is incurable and thy wound is grievous
13 There is none to plead thy cause that thou mayest be bound up thou hast no healing medicines
14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee they seek thee not for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy with the chastisement of a cruel one for the multitude of thine iniquity because thy sins were increased
15 Why criest thou for thine affliction thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity because thy sins were increased I have done these things unto thee
16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured and all thine adversaries every one of them shall go into captivity and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey
17 For I will restore health unto thee and I will heal thee of thy wounds saith the LORD because they called thee an Outcast saying This is Zion whom no man seeketh after
18 Thus saith the LORD Behold I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents and have mercy on his dwellingplaces and the city shall be builded upon her own heap and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof
19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry and I will multiply them and they shall not be few I will also glorify them and they shall not be small
20 Their children also shall be as aforetime and their congregation shall be established before me and I will punish all that oppress them
21 And their nobles shall be of themselves and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them and I will cause him to draw near and he shall approach unto me for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me saith the LORD
22 And ye shall be my people and I will be your God
23 Behold the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury a continuing whirlwind it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked
24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return until he have done it and until he have performed the intents of his heart in the latter days ye shall consider it
