Add parallel Print Page Options

Ask and see:
    Can men bear children?
Then why do I see every man
    bent over in pain,[a] as if he’s in labor?
    Why have all turned pale?
That day is awful, beyond words.
    A time of unspeakable pain
        for my people Jacob.
    But they will be delivered from it.

At that time, I will break the yoke off their[b] necks and remove their[c] shackles. Foreigners will no longer enslave them, declares the Lord of heavenly forces.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 30:6 Or with his hands on his groin
  2. Jeremiah 30:8 Or your
  3. Jeremiah 30:8 Or your

Ask and see:
    Can a man bear children?
Then why do I see every strong man
    with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor,(A)
    every face turned deathly pale?(B)
How awful that day(C) will be!
    No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble(D) for Jacob,
    but he will be saved(E) out of it.

“‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty,
    ‘I will break the yoke(F) off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;(G)
    no longer will foreigners enslave them.(H)

Read full chapter