Jeremiah 30:5
3 For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
4 These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard— a cry of terror, not of peace.
- KJV
- For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
- WEB
- For the LORD says: “We have heard a voice of trembling; a voice of fear, and not of peace.
- ASV
- For thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
- DARBY
- for thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, there is fear, and no peace.
- BLB
- For thus says YHWH: “We have heard a voice of trembling, of dread and not of peace.
- ÅB
- Så sier Herren: Et redselsrop har vi hørt; der er frykt og ingen fred.
- OTB
- "For dette sier Herren: ‘Jeg har hørt skrik av redsel, av frykt, og ikke av fred.
- B1930
- Så sier Herren: Et redselsrop har vi hørt; der er frykt og ingen fred.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 5:30
In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
Read in contextLuke 19:41–44
As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
Read in contextZephaniah 1:10–11
On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
Read in contextAmos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:19
For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”
Read in contextIsaiah 59:11
We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:19
Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
Read in contextJeremiah 31:15–16
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
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