Jeremiah 30:16-18
Easy-to-Read Version
16 Those nations destroyed you,
but now they have been destroyed.
Israel and Judah, your enemies will become captives.
They stole things from you,
but others will steal from them.
They took things from you in war,
but others will take things from them in war.
17 And I will bring your health back
and heal your wounds,” says the Lord,
“because other people said you were outcasts.[a]
They said, ‘No one cares about Zion.’”
18 This is what the Lord says:
“Jacob’s people are now in captivity,
but they will come back.
And I will have pity on Jacob’s houses.
The city[b] is now only an empty hill covered with ruined buildings,
but the city will be rebuilt on its hill.
And the king’s palace will be rebuilt where it should be.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 30:17 outcasts People who are thrown out of a group by others who don’t like or respect them.
- Jeremiah 30:18 city This probably refers to Jerusalem. But it might also mean all the cities of Israel and Judah.
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