Jeremiah 30:6-8
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6 Think carefully about this.
Do men ever give birth to babies?
So why are these strong men weak with pain?
They seem like a woman who is giving birth.
All their faces have become white with fear.
7 It will be a time of terrible trouble,
worse than anything that has happened before.
It will be a time of great trouble for Jacob's descendants.[a]
But I will rescue them from their trouble.’
8 The Lord Almighty says this:
‘When that day comes,
I will break the yoke that is around your necks.[b]
I will remove the ropes that tie your legs.
My people will no longer be slaves
under the power of foreign people.
Footnotes
- 30:7 Jacob was the ancestor of all the Israelites.
- 30:8 A yoke means the hard work that they had to do for their enemies. See Jeremiah 27:2. When the Lord breaks the yoke, they will no longer be slaves.
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